开源RTOS T-Kernel在Blackfin处理器上的移植

随着嵌入式计算技术的飞速发展,多种功能强大的微处理器和相应嵌入式操作系统也相继问世。选择合适的嵌入式操作系统和处理器平台进行移植成为嵌入式开发的重要技术环节。本文介绍了开源嵌入式实时操作系统RTOS(Real Time Operating System)T-Kernel和Blackfin(BF)533处理器及其开发环境VisualDSP++4.5Environment,给出了中断管理、任务切换和系统调用入口三个模块的移植方法,并讨论了相应的系统稳定性和实时性测试方法。日本T-Engine组织推出的T-Kernel RTOS拥有高实时性、小体积的内核,并强调对底层处理器全面封装;ADI Blackfin系列微处理器同时具有DSP和MCU的特点,非常适合于移植RTOS。因此T-Kernel在BF533上的移植是一个典型的开发应用实例,其移植分析方法对于其他嵌入式RTOS移植也具有参考价值。

Destination Positioning Slogans - Analysis of Themes used by New Zealand Regional Tourism Organisations

A significant gap in the tourism and travel literature exists in the area of tourism destination branding. Although brands have been used as sources of differentiation in consumer goods markets for over a century, academic research attention towards destination branding has only been reported since the late 1990s. Three important components of the brand construct are brand identity, brand position and brand image. While interest in applications of brand theory to practise in tourism is increasing, there is a paucity of published research in the literature to guide destination marketing organisations (DMOs). In particular there have been few reported analyses of destination brand positioning slogans. The focus of this paper is on destination brand position slogans, which represent the interface between brand identity and brand image. Part of a wider investigation of DMO slogans worldwide, and in keeping with the conference location, the paper focuses on analysis of slogans used by New Zealand RTOs. The slogans are examined in terms of the extent to which they have been limited to ephemeral indifference. In other words, have they stood the test of time and do they effectively differentiate through a meaningful proposition? Analysis of the slogans indicates very few could be characterised as memorably distinctive. This reflects the complexity involved in capturing the essence of a multi-attributed destination in a succinct and focused positioning slogan, in a way that is both meaningful to the target audience and effectively differentiates the destination from competitors offering the same benefits.

Positioning as a source of competitive advantage: Benchmarking Rotorua’s position as a domestic short break holiday destination

Travellers are spoilt by holiday choice, and yet will usually only seriously consider a few destinations during the decision process. With thousands of destination marketing organisations (DMOs) competing for attention, places are becoming increasingly substitutable. The study of destination competitiveness is an emerging field, and thesis contributes to an enhanced understanding by addressing three topics that have received relatively little attention in the tourism literature: destination positioning, the context of short break holidays, and domestic travel in New Zealand. A descriptive model of positioning as a source of competitive advantage is developed, and tested through 12 propositions. The destination of interest is Rotorua, which was arguably New Zealand’s first tourist destination. The market of interest is Auckland, which is Rotorua’s largest visitor market. Rotorua’s history is explored to identify factors that may have contributed to the destination’s current image in the Auckland market. A mix of qualitative and quantitative procedures is then utilised to determine Rotorua’s position, relative to a competing set of destinations. Based on an applied research problem, the thesis attempts to bridge the gap between academia and industry by providing useable results and benchmarks for five regional tourism organisations (RTOs). It is proposed that, in New Zealand, the domestic short break market represents a valuable opportunity not explicitly targeted by the competitive set of destinations. Conceptually, the thesis demonstrates the importance of analysing a destination’s competitive position, from the demand perspective, in a travel context; and then the value of comparing this ‘ideal’ position with that projected by the RTO. The thesis concludes Rotorua’s market position in the Auckland short break segment represents a source of comparative advantage, but is not congruent with the current promotional theme, which is being used in all markets. The findings also have implications for destinations beyond the context of the thesis. In particular, a new definition for ‘destination attractiveness’ is proposed, which warrants consideration in the design of future destination positioning analyses.

Linux内核的实时支持的研究与实现

目前嵌入式计算的发展对实时多任务操作系统（RTOS）的需求日益迫切，而Linux内核的实时支持研究为迎合这种需求提供了新的可能性，通过从中断控制、实时调度策略、内核抢占机制及细粒度定时器几方面深入研究与实现了Linux内核的实时支持，以使之成为一个较为完善的RTOS。通过把实时部分设计为可配置的单元，以保留Linux原有系统支持及API。另外，为扩展系统适用范围，提出了可支持多实时调度策略的二阶段调度方案，同时指出了当前方案的不足和今后的研究方向。

嵌入式电源控制器设计

为实现对现场设备的远程监测,采用内嵌RTOS(Nut/OS)和TCP/lP协议的嵌入式电源控制器。自行设计部分软、硬件,通过以太网编程实现系统的远程控制。

基于MSC1210和CPLD的电源测控模块的设计

介绍了采用MSC1210单片机,结合CPLD和DDS设计的一个电源测控模块,它通过RS-485总线实现与上位机的通信,来控制电源的开关、调节和状态获取等。实践表明,该模块具有较高的可靠性、实时性和适应性。

T-Kernel在Blackfin处理器上的移植分析

T-Kernel是日本T-Engine组织推出的开源免费的嵌入式实时操作系统(RTOS),以其强实时小体积内核著称。本文针对T-Kernel在Blackfin处理器(BF533)上的移植过程进行了分析,给出了中断管理,任务切换和系统调用入口的实现方法,并进行了稳定性和实时性测试,保证了移植系统的性能。

Caracterización y estudio de los sistemas operativos de tiempo real para sistemas embebidos FreeRTOS y ChibiOS/RT sobre un procesador SAM3X8E

Máster Universitario en Sistemas Inteligentes y Aplicaciones Numéricas en Ingeniería (SIANI)

Sviluppo e test di una rete di sensori indossabili per il monitoraggio e la riabilitazione di pazienti affetti da morbo di parkinson

Il recente sviluppo commerciale di smartphone, tablet e simili dispositivi, ha portato alla ricerca di soluzioni hardware e software dotate di un alto livello di integrazione, in grado di supportare una potenza di calcolo e una versatilità di utilizzo sempre più crescenti, pur mantenendo bassi i consumi e le dimensioni dei dispositivi. Questo sviluppo ha consentito parallelamente a simili tecnologie di trovare applicazione in tanti altri settori, tra i quali quello biomedicale. Il lavoro esposto in questa tesi si inserisce nel contesto appena descritto e, in particolare, consiste nello sviluppo di un sistema WBAN ideato per garantire maggiore flessibilità, controllo e personalizzazione nella terapia riabilitativa dei pazienti affetti da Morbo di Parkinson. In questo campo è stata dimostrata l'efficacia, in termini di miglioramento delle condizioni di vita dell'individuo, dell'esercizio fisico e in particolare di una serie di fisioterapie riabilitative specifiche. Tuttavia manca ancora uno strumento in grado di garantire più indipendenza, continuità e controllo,per le persone affette da MP, durante l'esecuzione di questi esercizi; senza che sia strettamente necessario l'intervento di personale specializzato per ogni seduta fisioterapeutica. Inoltre manca un sistema che possa essere comodamente trasportato dal paziente nelle attività di tutti i giorni e che consenta di registrare e trasmettere eventi particolari legati alla patologia, come blocchi motori e cadute accidentali. Il presente lavoro di tesi tratta della realizzazione di un Firmware per la gestione di un Nodo Centrale che funge da master in una rete WBAN a tre nodi. L'obbiettivo è quello di integrare in tale firmware le funzioni di acquisizione dati dai sensori on-board, comunicazione tra i nodi della rete e gestione delle periferiche hardware secondarie; in particolare per lo sviluppo è stato usato un Sistema Operativo Real-Time (RTOS) del quale sono esposti vantaggi e svantaggi dell’utilizzo.

Flexible processing architecture for maintaining QoS in embedded systems applications

Comunicación presentada en las V Jornadas de Computación Empotrada, Valladolid, 17-19 Septiembre 2014

Power system sensitivity analysis for probabilistic small signal stability assessment in a deregulated environment

Deregulations and market practices in power industry have brought great challenges to the system planning area. In particular, they introduce a variety of uncertainties to system planning. New techniques are required to cope with such uncertainties. As a promising approach, probabilistic methods are attracting more and more attentions by system planners. In small signal stability analysis, generation control parameters play an important role in determining the stability margin. The objective of this paper is to investigate power system state matrix sensitivity characteristics with respect to system parameter uncertainties with analytical and numerical approaches and to identify those parameters have great impact on system eigenvalues, therefore, the system stability properties. Those identified parameter variations need to be investigated with priority. The results can be used to help Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs) perform planning studies under the open access environment.

The network structure of a regional tourism organization: Application of he social network theory in one region of Queensland

Regional tourism organizations (RTOs) plays a central role in planning, coordinating and marketing tourism in many areas, including Queensland, Australia. RTOs rely on interaction with a network of other organizations for their efficient functioning. This paper describes an exploratory case study that develops a method for use of social network analysis techniques to analyse the inter-organizational network in one RTO region in Queensland. Results indicate that differences exist in the structure of inter-organizational links between commercial tourism organizations and planning organizations, between tourism organizations and other sectoral clusters, and between organizations at local, regional and state levels. The results highlight areas or improvement in the role and responsibilities of RTOs in Queensland.

Uma API criptográfica para aplicações embarcadas

This document presents GEmSysC, an unified cryptographic API for embedded systems. Software layers implementing this API can be built over existing libraries, allowing embedded software to access cryptographic functions in a consistent way that does not depend on the underlying library. The API complies to good practices for API design and good practices for embedded software development and took its inspiration from other cryptographic libraries and standards. The main inspiration for creating GEmSysC was the CMSIS-RTOS standard, which defines an unified API for embedded software in an implementation-independent way, but targets operating systems instead of cryptographic functions. GEmSysC is made of a generic core and attachable modules, one for each cryptographic algorithm. This document contains the specification of the core of GEmSysC and three of its modules: AES, RSA and SHA-256. GEmSysC was built targeting embedded systems, but this does not restrict its use only in such systems – after all, embedded systems are just very limited computing devices. As a proof of concept, two implementations of GEmSysC were made. One of them was built over wolfSSL, which is an open source library for embedded systems. The other was built over OpenSSL, which is open source and a de facto standard. Unlike wolfSSL, OpenSSL does not specifically target embedded systems. The implementation built over wolfSSL was evaluated in a Cortex- M3 processor with no operating system while the implementation built over OpenSSL was evaluated on a personal computer with Windows 10 operating system. This document displays test results showing GEmSysC to be simpler than other libraries in some aspects. These results have shown that both implementations incur in little overhead in computation time compared to the cryptographic libraries themselves. The overhead of the implementation has been measured for each cryptographic algorithm and is between around 0% and 0.17% for the implementation over wolfSSL and between 0.03% and 1.40% for the one over OpenSSL. This document also presents the memory costs for each implementation.

Sistemi operativi real-time su dispositivi embedded - Caso di studio : FreeRTOS su Raspberry Pi

La tesi si concentra sullo studio dell'architettura di un sistema operativo real-time e tratta approfonditamente il dispositivo embedded Raspberry Pi. Successivamente,si procede con l'installazione di BitThunder(un RTOS basato su FreeRTOS) su tale sistema embedded e si attua un test pratico per verificarne il funzionamento.