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Real Time Systems                                             Gurwinder Kaur, Lovely Professional University




                    Notes                 Unit 2: Introduction to Real-time Applications


                                     CONTENTS
                                     Objectives
                                     Introduction

                                     2.1  Digital Control
                                     2.2  High Level Controls
                                     2.3  Signal Processing

                                          2.3.1  Discrete-time Signals
                                          2.3.2  Streams and Channels
                                          2.3.3  Functions and Systems
                                     2.4  Other Real-time Applications
                                          2.4.1  Industrial Applications

                                          2.4.2  Medical
                                          2.4.3  Peripheral Equipment
                                          2.4.4  Automotive and Transportation

                                          2.4.5  Telecommunication Applications
                                          2.4.6  Aerospace
                                          2.4.7  Consumer Electronics
                                          2.4.8  Defence Applications
                                          2.4.9  Miscellaneous Applications

                                     2.5  Summary
                                     2.6  Keywords
                                     2.7  Review Questions

                                     2.8  Further Readings
                                   Objectives


                                   After studying this unit, you will be able to:
                                      Describe Digital Control
                                      Enumerate High Level Controls

                                      Explain Signal Processing
                                      Analyse Other Real-time Applications

                                   Introduction

                                   Real-time systems have of late, found applications in wide ranging areas. In the following, we
                                   list some of the prominent areas of application of real-time systems and in each identified case;



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