Outline:

1. Go over syllabus
   
2. What is a real-time system?
   
   • What does “real time” mean?
     
   • Features of a real-time system
     
   • Levels of guarantees
     
3. Basic Concepts
   
   • Tasks and schedules
     
   • Timing constraints
     
   • Other constraints: precedence, shared resources
4. A glimpse ahead

Reading assignment (to be completed by the next class):

• Buttazzo sections 1.1-1.2 (pp. 1-13)
  
• Buttazzo sections 2.1-2.2 (pp. 23-34)