Missile guidance processor software development-a case study

Author

Bond, R. ; Bemrich, S. ; Connelly, J. ; Pendergrass, G. ; Hulsey, J.

Author_Institution

LTV Missiles & Electron. Group, Dallas, TX, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

6-8 Dec 1988

Firstpage

60

Lastpage

68

Abstract

A case study of a near-complete implementation of a real-time software system is presented. The software implements a missile guidance processor control system. The languages of implementation are C and assembler, targeted to an MC68020 central processing unit with an MC68881 floating-point coprocessor and an HD63450 direct memory access controller. Modern software engineering practices were used, including information hiding, separation of concerns, modularity, adaptability, and incremental development. Performance considerations required optimizing the use of hardware systems and minimizing run-time support

Keywords

military computing; missiles; real-time systems; software engineering; C; HD63450 direct memory access controller; MC68020 central processing unit; MC68881 floating-point coprocessor; adaptability; assembler; incremental development; information hiding; minimizing run-time support; missile guidance processor control system; modularity; real-time software system; Assembly; Central Processing Unit; Centralized control; Control systems; Coprocessors; Missiles; Process control; Real time systems; Software engineering; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Real-Time Systems Symposium, 1988., Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Huntsville, AL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-4894-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/REAL.1988.51101

Filename

51101