Chapter 1

1. No. A system with real-time requirements simply means that actions need to be deterministic. The timing requirements are determined by the needs of each system.
2. No. There are several different ways to achieve real-time performance.
3. No.
4. Any system that has a deterministic response to a given event can be considered as real-time.
5. Most industrial controls, closed-loop control systems, UAV flight controllers, Anti-Lock Braking Systems (ABS), Engine Control Units (ECUs), inkjet printers, test equipment (such as oscilloscopes and network analyzers), and so on.
6. An MCU-based RTOS's strong point is moderately complex systems.