Explore real-time operating systems; implementation of context switching, threads, multitasking, real-time scheduling, synchronization, communication, storage, file systems, memory management, process linking and loading, hardware interfacing, and networking; debugging and testing; operating system performance, including latency, jitter, deadlines, deadlocks, and starvation; real-time systems, including data acquisition, sensing, actuating, digital control, signal processing, and robotics. Three lecture hours and three laboratory hours a week for one semester. Electrical and Computer Engineering 445M and Electrical Engineering 445M may not both be counted. Prerequisite: One of the following with a grade of at least C- Electrical and Computer Engineering 306 (or Electrical Engineering 306) or 306H (or Electrical Engineering 306H); one of the following with a grade of at least C- Electrical and Computer Engineering 312 (or Electrical Engineering 312) or 312H (or Electrical Engineering 312H); and one of the following with a grade of at least C- Electrical and Computer Engineering 319K (or Electrical Engineering 319K) or 319H (or Electrical Engineering 319H).