• MEMS for Real time applications

• On Board diagnostics  • 6 to 10 PC workstations with

Windows/Linux OS• DSP Boards, Microcontroller

Boards

Director: Professor Subra Ganesan, www.secs.oakland.edu/~ganesan, ganesan@oakland.edu

Co-Director: Professor Darrin M Hanna, www.oakland.edu/~dmhanna, dmhanna@oakland.edu

Co-Director: Professor Debatosh Debnath, www.secs.oakland.edu/~debnath, debnath@oakland.edu

Students (2006)Simo MaskouriJo LomonacoKala Majeti (MEMs), VijayaRangamVenkat AlladiJohn WeiRavi AnandAlex George

Corporate Sponsors: (Pending) Hitachi America LtdTexas InstrumentsDaimler ChryslerXilinx IncFreescale/ MotorolaMicrosoft - ES Software tools

•Tools

(Started with a gift from Hitachi America Inc)

•Faculty, Students & Sponsors

DSP 6713

HCS12 Microcontroller Board

MEMS Strain Gage

Kernel

Shell

Application

Hardware

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RT Linux

Research in real time embedded system involves efficient and optimal design for size, power consumption, performa-nce, features, and cost. We analyze the embedded systems for ability to meet critical tasks and also the non-critical tasks. Ability to conserve power by adj-usting the task schedule, use of advanc-ed DSP processors and microcontrollers with wired or wireless interfaces to net-work, analysis of network protocols like CAN (controller area network), design of sensors using MEMs for rugged env-ironment, multiprocessor design for hi-gh performance and fault tolerance, are some of the areas of research. We established Real Time Embedded and DSP system Laboratory with fun-ding from Hitachi America and DSP processor hardware and software from Texas Instruments and Motorola, Real time analysis software from ETAS, and Microsoft academic program.Faculties involved in the RT system Lab are Dr. Subra Ganesan, Dr. Darrin Hannah, and Dr. Debatosh Debnath. A number of PhD and MS students are working in this area.

Researchers in the RTESL are investig-ating basic research issues in the areas listed below, and apply the basic resea-rch results to real-time applications.Research Areas:Real Time Embedded system design including DSP, Micro controllers, FPGA, MEMS, Sensors, Optimization for performance, fault tolerance, power consumption. Mobile, Wearable real time embedded systems, Testable computer system designApplications:Automotive controllers and Communication network issuesNon-automotive applicationsEmbedded system Security

This lab will have Infrastructure for Design, Development and Testing of real time embedded hardware and software systems.

Some of the software and hardware tools available are: 

• Matlab, Simulink, Fuzzy, DSP, Real time workshop tool boxes with Autocode generation tools

• IBM Rational Rose tools, UML,  for Embedded software development.

• ETAS- RTAI real time simulation tools for testing the schedulability of multiple tasks and also testing on target boards.

• Network simulation tools• CAN network to test the real

time dead line guarantee and CAN analysis tools from Dearborn Group, Vector and our own tool.

• RTOS- real time operating systems- Win CE, VxWorks, QNX, RT Linux, etc.

• Blue tooth network• PDA based development

environment• Various types of microcontroller based

development environment.• Active work on Collision warning system

development• Embedded Software testing and debugging • DSpace tools • Hardware in the loop, Software- software in

the loop testing• Intelligent Sensor with real time

communication interface

•Teaching Laboratory •Real Time Systems Research

•Infrastructure

•Tools