• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.94-98
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• 2009

This paper proposes an architecture of a real-time EtherCAT master library called RtEML. The controls EtherCAT slaves under EtherCAT protocol in real-time. It provides a simple programming interface which is useful in developing robot application in C/C++ or C#. To achieve deterministic, hard real-time control in Microsoft Windows environment without additional hardware, INtime is used. Since INtime is designed specifically to take advantage of the powerful capabilities of the x86 processor architecture, the proposed RtEML achieves microseconds of real-time performance.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.55-56
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• 2012

과학기술이 발전함에 따라 신무기들의 기술 집약도가 발전하여 개체 하나하나의 단가와 가치가 상승하고 있다. 이렇게 개발된 무기를 사용하기 앞서 수락시험을 위해 점검장비를 사용하고 있다. 이러한 점검장비는 신무기의 성능 및 기능의 검증을 위해 데이터의 수집 및 처리를 하기 위한 실시간성을 필요로 한다. 그러나 점검장비에서 많이 사용되고 있는 범용 운영체제인 윈도우의 경우 실시간성을 지원하지 못하는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 따라서 윈도우에 실시간성을 제공하기 위한 상용솔루션인 RTX 및 INtime을 사용하여 실시간성을 제공해야 한다. 하지만 RTX와 INtime은 고가의 구입비 및 경상 사용료로 인해 개발 비용을 증가시키는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 멀티코어 기반 윈도우 환경의 점검장비에 실시간성을 지원하기 위한 실시간 이식 커널(RTiK-MP)을 개발하였다. 본 논문에서는 개발된 RTiK-MP를 다양한 분야에 적용시키고, 개발자에게 보다 나은 편의성을 제공하기 위해 Export Driver를 통한 RTiK-MP 접근 방안에 대한 연구를 하였다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.11 no.7
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• pp.51-59
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• 2011

Intelligent service robots leading the future market are robots which assist humans physically, mentally, and emotionally. Since intelligent service robots operate in a tightly coupled manner with humans, their safe operation should be an inevitable consideration. For this safety, real-time capabilities are necessary to execute certain services periodically. Currently, most robot components are being developed based on Windows for the sake of development convenience. However, since Windows does not support real-time, there is no option but to use expensive third-party software such as RTX and INTime. Also since most robot components are usually execute in user-level, we need to research how to support real-time in user-level. In this paper, we design and implement how to support real-time for components running in user-level on Windows using RTiK which actually supports real-time in kernel level on Windows.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.10
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• pp.14-24
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• 2020

Real-time performance is to return the exact result value to the correct cycle, or to perform the specified work at a certain cycle. Windows does not support real-time performance, so it supports real-time performance using expensive third parties such as RTX and INtime. This paper aims to support real-time performance of Windows through RTiK, a real-time kernel that operates in the form of a device driver in Windows. In Windows 7, RTiK used a timer using local APIC supported by x86 hardware. However, due to the Kernel Patch Protection (KPP) on Windows 10, it became impossible to use a local APIC timer. Therefore, a timer is implemented to inform the determined cycle using Local APIC IPI, and performance measurement is performed to confirm that the cycle operates normally within the error range. This enables real-time performance on Windows 10.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.68-77
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• 2012

As the system development environment moves from single core to multi core-based platforms, it becomes more important to maintain compatibility between single core-based implementations and multi core-based implementations. Moreover, it is very important to support real-time on multi core platforms especially in cases of embedded software or test equipments which need real-time as well as correctness. Since Windows operating system dopes not support real-time in itself, it has been supporting real-time using expensive third-party solutions such as RTX or INtime. So as to reduce this kind of development expenses, in this paper, we propose RTiK-MP(Real-Time implant Kernel-Multi Processor) which supports real-time on Windows using the Local APIC of x86 architectures, and evaluate the performance of the proposed RTiK-MP after deploying it on portable missile test equipments.

• Journal of the Korea Computer Industry Society
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• v.5 no.9
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• pp.1095-1100
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• 2004

The computer system is gradually complicated because of explosive growth of computer system and IT technology. For efficient management of complicated system, system load monitoring technology is essential. In this paper, we is implemented the real-time load monitoring system based mobile than the traditional methods that are used load-related commands in system manager or specific load application programs based connected wire. Advantage of implemented load monitoring system in this paper is freely saw load information in time and space though mobile method like as PDA, cellular phone, more than traditional methods intime and space.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.10
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• pp.36-44
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• 2010

Recently, as new weapons are being developed, test equipments to test their functions inevitably require real-time features. However, since test equipments based on Windows can not support real-time requirements, we have no choice but to use third-party solutions such as RTX or INtime. This leads to increase the development cost of each test equipment. This paper suggests an real-time implemented kernel(RTiK) which operates as a device driver on Windows. RTiK provides another timer using the Local APIC of x86 microprocessors. It supports real-time requirements by periodically executing the required services using Windows-independent timer interrupts to guarantee task deadlines. To reduce the interrupt latency, we used deferred procedure calls provided by Windows. We also used the export driver to implement and modify user-defined functions without accessing the RTiK internals. Using an oscilloscope, we prove that the RTiK kernel proposed in this paper guarantees up to 0.1ms periods.

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.42.2-42.2
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• 2009

한국천문연구원에서 개발 중인 KHz급 Satellite Laser Ranging(SLR) 시스템인 ARGO-M 의 운영시스템 중의 하나인 Interface Control System 은 현재 시각에서의 위성의 위치를 개산하여 추적마운트부에 Tracking 정보를 제공하고, 주기적으로 발사되는 레이저의 귀환 시간을 계산하여 수신광검출기 게이트를 열어야 하는 시간을 FPGA 보드에 전달하는 기능 등을 수행하게 된다. 이러한 일련의 작업은 각각 필요한 시점에 정확하게 실행되어야 하며 이를 위해 실시간 운영체계가 사용될 예정이다. 실시간 운영체계 하에서 Ranging 에 관련한 프로세스를 수행할 경우에 발생될 수 있는 문제점을 검토하기 위해서 기존에 Austria Graz SLR 관측소에서 사용하고 있는 DOS용 테스트 프로그램을 실시간 운영체계로 검토되고 있는 INtime 환경으로 이식하여 성능을 기존의 DOS 프로그램과 비교하여 보았다. Controller 역할을 담당하고 있는 FPGA 보드와의 데이터 통신의 주기성을 확인하는 시험 결과 실시간 운영체계를 사용하는 경우가 USB 사용 등 외적인 교란에 의한 영향을 적게 받는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 또한 500피코초 단위의 해상도를 갖는 내부 이벤트 타이머와의 연계, 레이저 발사 명령, 광검출기의 게이트 여닫기 등의 프로세스가 실시간 환경에서 문제점 없이 구현 가능함을 확인하였다.