DocumentCode
1226344
Title
Diagnostic software and hardware for critical real-time systems
Author
Bowers, M.D. ; Arnold, J.P. ; Crew, A.W. ; Gibson, R.J. ; Ghrist, W.D.
Author_Institution
Westinghouse Electr. Corp. Res. & Dev. Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Volume
36
Issue
1
fYear
1989
fDate
2/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1291
Lastpage
1298
Abstract
The authors describe a diagnostic software library which contains algorithms to test read-only memory, read/write memory, address lines, the main processor instruction set, the numeric data processor instruction set, and mutual exclusion hardware. The software library also contains algorithms to respond to unexpected software interrupts. A dedicated subsystem diagnostics board called the Multibus Diagnostic Monitor (MDM) is also described
Keywords
nuclear engineering computing; real-time systems; Multibus Diagnostic Monitor; address lines; algorithms; critical real-time systems; dedicated subsystem diagnostics board; diagnostic software library; main processor instruction set; mutual exclusion hardware; numeric data processor instruction set; read-only memory; read/write memory; unexpected software interrupts; Fault detection; Fault tolerant systems; Hardware; Performance evaluation; Protection; Read-write memory; Real time systems; Software algorithms; Software libraries; System testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9499
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/23.34650
Filename
34650
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