Course Description:
This course introduces the C++ language for use on realtime and embedded applications. The first part of the course focuses on the language itself, highlighting areas of concern for real-time and embedded development. The latter part covers the application of C++ to real-time systems including interrupt handling and concurrency issues. If a C++ course does not cover these fundamental issues you may find you still have a lot to learn after the training.

Attendees perform hands on embedded programming, on target hardware, during course practicals. Approximately 50% of the course is given over to practical work.

Overview:
A 5 day course covering C++ in general on the first three days and real-time issues on the last two. Fifty percent of the course is spent on practical work.

Course Objectives:
• To provide an understanding of the essentials of the C++ programming language.
• To give you practical experience of writing C++ for realtime & embedded systems.
• To give you the confidence to apply these new concepts to your next real-time project.

Delegates will learn:
• The core C++ syntax and semantics
• How to access hardware in the language
• How to program interrupt handlers in C++
• About memory and performance issues associated with C++
• How real-time operating systems affect the use of the language

Pre-requisites:
• A working knowledge of C

Who Should Attend:
The course is designed for real-time engineers who are embarking on a project using C++ for the first time. It is also targeted at developers currently reluctant to move to C++ from C as they believe it poses too great an overhead. This course will clearly demonstrate both the strengths and weaknesses of C++ versus C.

Duration:
Five days.

Course Materials:
• Delegate Handbook

Related Courses:
• OO-503 Real-Time Systems Design with UML 2.0
• OO-303 Applying Real-Time UML
• AC++-501 Advanced C++
• C++-301 Essential C++
• C++-502 Real-Time C++
• C-501 C for Real-Time Developers
• RTOS-201 Fundamentals of Real-Time Operating Systems

Course Workshop:
The course makes use of target hardware during the realtime practical exercises. The board targeted is the Hitachi 7045F Evaluation Board (SH2 micro-controller). An application board is programmed via the 7045F to give attendees a real sense of embedded application development.