Implementing the new Ada 2005 timing event and execution time control features on the AVR32 architecture

This paper describes how the new Ada 2005 timing event and execution time control features were implemented for the GNAT bare-board Ravenscar run-time environment on the Atmel AVR32 architecture. High accuracy for execution time measurement was achieved by accounting for the effects of interrupts an...

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Published inJournal of systems architecture Vol. 56; no. 10; pp. 509 - 522
Main Authors Gregertsen, Kristoffer Nyborg, Skavhaug, Amund
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.10.2010
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects
Accounting
Accuracy
Ada (programming language)
Ada 2005
Architecture
Atmel AVR32
Computer architecture
Controllers
Design engineering
Execution time control
GNAT
Interrupts
Microprocessors
Real-time
Studies
Systems design
Tasks
Time measurement
Time measurements
Execution time control
Ada 2005
GNAT
Real-time
Atmel AVR32
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Summary:This paper describes how the new Ada 2005 timing event and execution time control features were implemented for the GNAT bare-board Ravenscar run-time environment on the Atmel AVR32 architecture. High accuracy for execution time measurement was achieved by accounting for the effects of interrupts and executing entries by proxy. The implementation of timing events was streamlined by using a single alarm mechanism both for timing events and waking up tasks. Test results on the overhead and accuracy of the implemented features are presented. While the implementation is for the AVR32, it may serve as a blueprint for implementations on other architectures. It is also discussed how the presented design could be transferred to other systems such as C/POSIX and RTSJ.
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ISSN:1383-7621
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DOI:10.1016/j.sysarc.2010.08.001