ORCID Identifier(s)

0000-0002-0579-2110

Graduation Semester and Year

2016

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

Department

Electrical Engineering

First Advisor

Taylor Johnson

Abstract

This document presents a design method and example for a time-triggered CAN (TTCAN) system which reduces latency, variability in transmission frequency, and increases data throughput relative to the traditional free-for-all CAN (FFACAN) transmission system. In addition to performance considerations for a TTCAN transmission scheme, this document also presents a simple method for measuring CPU usage on embedded systems that use either nested or non-nested interrupts. Systems that use non-nested interrupts may have their performance measured with a single GPIO pin; systems that use nested interrupts require one pin per interrupt service routine.

Keywords

Controller area networks, Time division multiple access, Formula SAE, CPU performance, CAN, TDMA, FSAE

Disciplines

Electrical and Computer Engineering | Engineering

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

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