Optimizing Performance in Embedded Applications Using System Tracing Tools

Date: Wed., April 14, 11 a.m.

Target Audience:

Engineering managers and programmers developing software for embedded systems in the networking, automotive, industrial automation, military, and medical markets.

Abstract:

In today's embedded market, engineering teams are under constant pressure to deliver systems with rich functionality at the lowest possible cost - and under compressed time frames. Often, teams are forced to choose between adding more hardware and driving up material costs, or reducing the feature set, which can make a product less attractive to the end customer.

Another solution is to ensure the system is making optimal use of its resources, but this can be difficult to achieve, particularly in complex systems.

Join QNX Software Systems for a technical web seminar that examines how system tracing tools can be used to gain critical insight into system behavior. OS tools manager Thomas Fletcher will provide an overview of tracing and instrumentation and how these techniques can be used to identify bottlenecks and correct system errors. Software developer Colin Burgess will then present a case study on using system tracing tools to optimize performance in an in-vehicle system with tight timing requirements and limited CPU resources. Mr. Burgess will look at areas such as startup sequence, component streamlining, misinterpreted specifications, and resource contention.

Attend this session to learn:

• How to achieve maximum visibility into system behavior while ensuring minimal impact on system integrity
• Practical techniques for fine-tuning performance
• Ways to expose common development errors
• How resources were optimized using an in-vehicle case study example

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