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During the latter stages of a software product cycle, developers may be faced with the task of fine-tuning an embedded system that is not meeting all of its timing requirements. To aid in this process, we have created a tool called AFTER (Assist in Fine-Tuning Embedded Real-time systems) to help software designers fine-tune and debug their target real-time implementations. AFTER uses raw timing data collected from an embedded system, analyzes it by correlating the measured data with the system specifications, then provides a temporal image of the current implementation, highlighting actual and potential problems. AFTER is then used in an interactive predictor mode to help the developer fine-tune the application systematically.
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Arora, G., Stewart, D.B. (1998). A tool to assist in fine-tuning and debugging embedded real-time systems. In: Mueller, F., Bestavros, A. (eds) Languages, Compilers, and Tools for Embedded Systems. LCTES 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1474. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0057782
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