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We've been working on the railroad: a laboratory for real-time embedded systems

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 37, Issue 1

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1047124.1047510

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This paper describes a laboratory used to support a junior level course in real-time embedded software development. Thirteen years of data comparing programming languages for a real-time systems course are presented. Funding provided by the Maytag Corporation and Rockwell-Collins makes it possible to provide other schools with low cost electronics necessary to duplicate this laboratory with a minimum of effort.

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 37, Issue 1

2005

562 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/1047124

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SIGCSE '05: Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 2005
610 pages
ISBN:1581139977
DOI:10.1145/1047344
Conference Chairs:
Wanda Dann
Ithaca College
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Tom Naps
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
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Paul Tymann
Rochester Institute of Technology
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Doug Baldwin
SUNY Geneseo

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