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A Cruise Control in occam based on an Implementation of KRoC on the Philips 8051 Microcontroller

Authors: Vugt, Frank T. M. van, Bakkers, André W. P.

Abstract:

This paper summarises the results of the realisation of a Cruise Control system in occam using an implementation of the Kent Retargettable occam Compiler (KRoC) on the Philips 8051 microcontroller. The increase in complexity of systems designed comes with difficulties that can probably be overcome using concurrent programming languages. occam is such a language, originally developed for use with transputers. The KRoC initiative allows one to translate the transputer assembly produced from a program written in occam into the assembly of another processor. In this case, it was implemented for the Philips 8051 microcontroller, which is an 8-bits processor. The design and realisation in occam of the Cruise Control system of Yourdon demonstrate its proper functioning. The generated code is tested using a real-time in-circuit 8051 emulator and special hardware to represent car and interface. The design process using occam is compared to a regular solution using a language like C. Since this port is the first of its kind inasmuch as it is not targeting 'large' processors like the SPARC, important conclusions can be drawn regarding the power of the CSP-concept. The port is not complete yet, future work on it is recommended.

Proceedings:

Communicating Process Architectures 2000, Peter H. Welch, André W. P. Bakkers, 2000, pp 121 - 136 published by IOS Press, Amsterdam

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