The Cluster Compiler-A tool for the design of time-triggered Real-Time Systems

Abstract

An off-line planning tool that supports the programmer in developing his real-time application is mandatory in the design of time-triggered real-time systems. This paper describes the architecture and the functions of such a tool, the Cluster Compiler, that is in development at our institute. We emphasize on the principle of a strict separation of the local from the global parts of a distributed system and on the consequences for the structure of the design tool arising from this principle.