Real-Time Ada Problem Study
Abstract
The real-time technology program at the Center for Software Engineering, CECOM, is based on recognized problems encountered in the development of embedded real-time Ada systems. The first step in the program was to define this set of root problems. The approach was to conduct interviews with both program managers and system developers working on Ada real-time applications for the Army and then to analyze, categorize, and enter into an database the resulting set of issues. This document includes the two technical reports that resulted from the effort to define this set of problems. The authors were chosen because of their proven expertise in real-time development with Ada. They could enrich the results of the interview process with their own experience in this area. The first report is entitled Software Engineering Issues on Ada Technology Insertion for Real-Time Embedded Systems. LabTek Corporation, the author, had proven expertise in embedded system design utilizing Motorola MC680X-based processors. The second report is entitled Software Engineering Problems Using Ada in Computers Integral to Weapons Systems. Its author, Sonicraft, had expertise in evaluating system requirements and in performing high-level system design utilizing the Intel 80X86 family of processors.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 24, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA223153