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Deterministic Java in tiny embedded systems

Nilsson, Anders LU and Ekman, Torbjörn LU (2001) p.60-68
Abstract
As embedded systems become more and more complex, and the time to market becomes shorter, there is a need in the embedded systems community to find better programming languages that let the programmers develop correct code faster. The programming languages used today, typically C and/or Assemblers, are just too error-prone. The Java technology has therefore gained a lot of interest from developers of embedded systems in the last few years. We propose an approach based on compiling Java into native machine code via C as an intermediate language. The C code generation process should also add close interaction with a fully pre-emptive incremental garbage collector and a small and efficient real time kernel. Tests performed on a small 8-bit... (More)
As embedded systems become more and more complex, and the time to market becomes shorter, there is a need in the embedded systems community to find better programming languages that let the programmers develop correct code faster. The programming languages used today, typically C and/or Assemblers, are just too error-prone. The Java technology has therefore gained a lot of interest from developers of embedded systems in the last few years. We propose an approach based on compiling Java into native machine code via C as an intermediate language. The C code generation process should also add close interaction with a fully pre-emptive incremental garbage collector and a small and efficient real time kernel. Tests performed on a small 8-bit microprocessor show that it is possible to use a modern object oriented language with automatic memory management, such as Java, and yet generate fully predictable code that can be run in very small devices with severe memory constraints. (Less)
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Fourth IEEE International Symposium on Object-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing, 2001. ISORC - 2001. Proceedings.
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60 - 68
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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0-7695-1089-2
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10.1109/ISORC.2001.922818
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English
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  abstract     = {{As embedded systems become more and more complex, and the time to market becomes shorter, there is a need in the embedded systems community to find better programming languages that let the programmers develop correct code faster. The programming languages used today, typically C and/or Assemblers, are just too error-prone. The Java technology has therefore gained a lot of interest from developers of embedded systems in the last few years. We propose an approach based on compiling Java into native machine code via C as an intermediate language. The C code generation process should also add close interaction with a fully pre-emptive incremental garbage collector and a small and efficient real time kernel. Tests performed on a small 8-bit microprocessor show that it is possible to use a modern object oriented language with automatic memory management, such as Java, and yet generate fully predictable code that can be run in very small devices with severe memory constraints.}},
  author       = {{Nilsson, Anders and Ekman, Torbjörn}},
  booktitle    = {{Fourth IEEE International Symposium on Object-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing, 2001. ISORC - 2001. Proceedings.}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{60--68}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Deterministic Java in tiny embedded systems}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5582513/623587.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ISORC.2001.922818}},
  year         = {{2001}},
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