VxWorks Concepts

This lecture is a journey over many RTOS features, focusing on VxWorks and what it has to offer. The general concepts are presented, followed by what is available in VxWorks for that particular aspect. The most important topics touched are scheduling algorithms, Inter-Process Communication methods, and how can debug issues be debugged in VxWorks. The lecture has both theoretical and practical sections, and for the lab part, Motorola PPC and Intel i960 processors are being used.

1. Get familiar with RTOS concepts and VxWorks key features
2. Learn how to debug in a VxWorks shell
3. General debugging concepts

1. RTOS concepts
2. vxWorks key features; scheduling algorithms
3. IPC; real-life example: what happened with Pathfinder – the Mars Rover; debugging in a vxWorks shell