Use of SPARK in a resource constrained embedded system
We are constructing a remote sensing buoy that will be deployed on the Arctic sea ice north of Alaska. The buoy will gather environmental data and transmit that data back to home base via the Iridium satellite network. This data will then be used (by others) to refine models of ice movement. To enha...
| Published in: | ACM SIGAda Ada Letters |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
2009
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1653616.1647441 https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/1653616.1647441 |
| Summary: | We are constructing a remote sensing buoy that will be deployed on the Arctic sea ice north of Alaska. The buoy will gather environmental data and transmit that data back to home base via the Iridium satellite network. This data will then be used (by others) to refine models of ice movement. To enhance reliability the buoy software was written using SPARK Ada. SPARK was also helpful in reducing the memory footprint of the software to an acceptable level. Note also that the construction of the prototype buoy is a student project. Thus our experience is in an educational context. |
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