Title :
Minos—the design and implementation of an embedded real-time operating system with a perspective of fault tolerance
Author :
Kaegi-Trachsel, Thomas ; Gutknecht, Juerg
Author_Institution :
Native Syst. Group, ETH Zurich, Zurich
Abstract :
This paper describes the design and implementation of a small real time operating system (OS) called Minos and its application in an onboard active safety project for general aviation. The focus of the operating system is predictability, stability, safety and simplicity. We introduce fault tolerance aspects in software by the concept of a very fast reboot procedure and by an error correcting flight data memory (FDM). In addition, fault tolerance is supported by custom designed hardware.
Keywords :
aerospace engineering; embedded systems; operating systems (computers); software fault tolerance; Minos; embedded real-time operating system; fault tolerance; flight data memory; general aviation; onboard active safety project; Aircraft; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Hardware; Operating systems; Random access memory; Read only memory; Read-write memory; Real time systems; Safety;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science and Information Technology, 2008. IMCSIT 2008. International Multiconference on
Conference_Location :
Wisia
Print_ISBN :
978-83-60810-14-9
DOI :
10.1109/IMCSIT.2008.4747312
