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Real Time Operating System

Real-time operating systems (RTOS) are used in environments where events must be processed within strict time constraints. An RTOS guarantees that critical tasks will be completed on time, such as a robot welding a car body. There are three main types of RTOS: hard real-time which guarantees tasks are completed on time; soft real-time which provides some flexibility on deadlines; and firm real-time which must meet deadlines to avoid reduced quality. RTOS offer advantages like maximum resource utilization, fast task switching, focus on running applications, use in embedded systems, and error-free precise memory allocation. However, they also have disadvantages such as limited simultaneous tasks, heavy system resource usage, complex algorithms, need for

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Real Time Operating System

Real-time operating systems (RTOS) are used in environments where events must be processed within strict time constraints. An RTOS guarantees that critical tasks will be completed on time, such as a robot welding a car body. There are three main types of RTOS: hard real-time which guarantees tasks are completed on time; soft real-time which provides some flexibility on deadlines; and firm real-time which must meet deadlines to avoid reduced quality. RTOS offer advantages like maximum resource utilization, fast task switching, focus on running applications, use in embedded systems, and error-free precise memory allocation. However, they also have disadvantages such as limited simultaneous tasks, heavy system resource usage, complex algorithms, need for

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Real-time operating systems (RTOS) are used in environments where a large number of events, mostly external

to the computer system, must be accepted and processed in a short time or within certain deadlines.
Such applications are industrial control, telephone switching equipment, flight control, and real-time simulations.
With an RTOS, the processing time is measured in tenths of seconds.
This system is time-bound and has a fixed deadline.
The processing in this type of system must occur within the specified constraints. Otherwise, this will lead to
system failure.
Examples of the real-time operating systems: Airline traffic control systems, Command Control Systems, Airline’s
reservation system, Heart Peacemaker, Network Multimedia Systems, Robot etc.
The real-time operating systems can be of 3 types –
1. Hard Real-Time operating system:
• These operating systems guarantee that critical tasks be completed within a range of time.
• For example, a robot is hired to weld a car body. If the robot welds too early or too late, the car cannot
be sold, so it is a hard real-time system that requires complete car welding by robot hardly on the
time.
2. Soft real-time operating system:
o This operating system provides some relaxation in the time limit.
o For example – Multimedia systems, digital audio systems etc. Explicit, programmer-defined and
controlled processes are encountered in real-time systems. A separate process is changed with
handling a single external event. The process is activated upon occurrence of the related event
signalled by an interrupt.
o Multitasking operation is accomplished by scheduling processes for execution independently of each
other.
o Each process is assigned a certain level of priority that corresponds to the relative importance of the
event that it services.
o The processor is allocated to the highest priority processes.
o This type of schedule, called, priority-based pre-emptive scheduling is used by real-time systems.
3. Firm Real-time Operating System:
• RTOS of this type have to follow deadlines as well.
• In spite of its small impact, missing a deadline can have unintended consequences, including a
reduction in the quality of the product.
• Example: Multimedia applications.
Advantages:
The advantages of real-time operating systems are as follows-
1. Maximum consumption –
❖ Maximum utilization of devices and systems.
❖ Thus, more output from all the resources.
2. Task Shifting –
❖ Time assigned for shifting tasks in these systems is very less.
❖ For example, in older systems, it takes about 10 microseconds. Shifting one task to another and in the
latest systems, it takes 3 microseconds.
3. Focus On Application – Focus on running applications and less importance to applications that are in the
queue.
4. Real-Time Operating System In Embedded System – Since the size of programs is small, RTOS can also be
embedded systems like in transport and others.
5. Error Free – These types of systems are error-free.
6. Memory Allocation – Memory allocation is best managed in these types of systems.
Disadvantages:
The disadvantages of real-time operating systems are as follows-

1. Limited Tasks – Very few tasks run simultaneously, and their concentration is very less on few applications
to avoid errors.
2. Use Heavy System Resources – Sometimes the system resources are not so good and they are expensive as
well.
3. Complex Algorithms – The algorithms are very complex and difficult for the designer to write on.
4. Device Driver and Interrupt signals – It needs specific device drivers and interrupts signals to respond
earliest to interrupts.
5. Thread Priority – It is not good to set thread priority as these systems are very less prone to switching tasks.
6. Minimum Switching – RTOS performs minimal task switching.

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