The syllabus of RTS or Real Time Systems of Electronics & Communication (ECE) Semester 7 offered by VTU or Visvesvaraya Technological University is as follows:

PART – A

UNIT - 1
INTRODUCTION TO REAL-TIME SYSTEMS: Historical background, RTS
Definition, Classification of Real-time Systems, Time constraints, Classification of
Programs.

UNIT - 2
CONCEPTS OF COMPUTER CONTROL: Introduction, Sequence Control,
Loop control, Supervisory control, Centralized computer control, Distributed
system, Human-computer interface, Benefits of computer control systems.

UNIT - 3
COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS FOR RTS: Introduction,
General-purpose computer, Single chip microcontroller, Specialized processors,
Process-related Interfaces, Data transfer techniques, Communications, Standard
Interface.

UNIT - 4
LANGUAGES FOR REAL-TIME APPLICATIONS: Introduction, Syntax
layout and readability, Declaration and Initialization of Variables and Constants,
Modularity and Variables, Compilation, Data types, Control Structure, Exception
Handling, Low-level facilities, Co routines, Interrupts and Device handling,
Concurrency, Real-time support, Overview of real-time languages.

PART – B

UNIT - 5 & 6
OPERATING SYSTEMS: Introduction, Real-time multi-tasking OS, Scheduling
strategies, Priority Structures, Task management, Scheduler and real-time clock
interrupt handles, Memory Management,
Code sharing, Resource control, Task co-operation and communication, Mutual
exclusion, Data transfer, Liveness, Minimum OS kernel, Examples.

UNIT - 7
DESIGN OF RTSS: General Introduction: Introduction, Specification
documentation, Preliminary design, Single-program approach,
Foreground/background, Multi-tasking approach, Mutual exclusion, Monitors.

UNIT - 8
RTS DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES: Introduction, Yourdon
Methodology, Requirement definition for Drying Oven, Ward and Mellor Method,
Hately and Pirbhai Method.