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Course Description
Short Course | 24 hours | 2.4 CEUs | $2,795
In VxWorks Essentials students learn the basic skills necessary to debug, build and test real-time applications in a target host development environment using Workbench and VxWorks.
Course Outline
- Introduction to RTOS
- What is RTOS?
- RTOS features
- Soft and hard real systems
- Monolithic vs Microkernel Architecture
- Introduction to VxWorks
- What is VxWorks?
- VxWorks features
- Introduction to Workbench
- What is Workbench
- Workbench Design
- Workbench Architecture
- VxWorks Targets and Connections
- Configuring Hardware target configuration
- Booting the hardware target
- VxWorks Simulator
- VxWorks Events and Shells
- Debugging in Workbench
- VxWorks Kernel Shell
- Introducing Kernel shell commands and help
- Introducing Kernel shell usage
- Command-line history and editing
- How to use the Object module loader
- Real-Time Multitasking
- Task basics
- Task Control
- System Tasks
- Task States
- Task Status
- Project Creation and Management
- VxWorks Project Overview
- Bootable Projects
- Directory structure
- Integrated Simulator
- Downloadable Projects
- Semaphores
- Synchronization problem
- Binary semaphores
- Mutex Semaphores
- Mutual exclusion problem
- Priority Inversion
- Priority Inheritance
- Inter-task Communication
- Shared memory
- Message queues
- Pipes in VxWorks
- Memory
- Physical memory layout
- Virtual memory layout
- Memory allocation
- Real Time Processes (RTPs)
- Exceptions, Interrupts and Timers
- What are Exceptions, Interrupts and Timers
- What are Signals
- What are Exception handlers and signal handlers
- I/O and File Systems
- Overview of I/O and File Systems
- Character I/O
- Block I/O
- Error Detection and Reporting
- System Viewer
Prerequisites
- Student must have basic understanding of operating systems.
- Students should have prior programming experience, preferably C or C++.
Duration
24 hours | 4 Days or 8 NightsApplies Towards the Following Certificates
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