Software engineering education: on the right track with Ada

  • Authors:
  • John W. McCormick

  • Affiliations:
  • Univ. of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGAda Ada Letters
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

An introductory undergraduate course in real-time embedded software development should acquaint students with the fundamental scientific issues of real-time computing and practical skills in software development. While the theoretical issues can be covered without a laboratory, real-time embedded programming skills require the experiences that a laboratory provides. A major problem is finding equipment suitable for teaching these skills. For over a decade I have used a computer controlled model railroad in my real-time embedded systems course