Periodic timers revisited: The real-time embedded system perspective

Computers and Electrical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-375

  Fröhlich, Antônio Augusto ^a   Gracioli, Giovani ^a   Santos, João Felipe ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON SENSE; HARDWARE TIMERS; REAL-TIME APPLICATION; REAL-TIME EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; SINGLE-SHOT;

JITTER; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 79956141427     PISSN: 00457906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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