Svc::RateGroupDriver Component

1. Introduction

The RateGroupDriver Component is used to take a single system tick and distribute it to multiple rate groups in a system. It takes the input Svc::Sched port, then divides down the tick rate based on arguments to the constructor. Typically, the output ports would be connected to the asynchronous inputs of an ActiveRateGroup.

2. Requirements

The requirements for RateGroupDriver are as follows:

Requirement	Description	Verification Method
RGD-001	The 'Svc::RateGroupDriver' component shall divide a primary system tick into the needed rate groups	Unit Test
RCD-002	The 'Svc::RateGroupDriver' component shall be able to run in ISR context	Inspection

3. Design

3.1 Context

3.1.1 Component Diagram

The Svc::RateGroupDriver component has the following component diagram:

3.1.2 Ports

The Svc::RateGroupDriver component uses the following port types:

Port Data Type	Name	Direction	Kind	Usage
Svc::Cycle	CycleIn	Input	Synchronous	Receive the system tick
Svc::Cycle	CycleOut	Output	n/a	Used to drive rate groups

3.2 Functional Description

The Svc::RateGroupDriver component has one input port that receives a system tick.

The configure() function is passed an array of integer arguments that specifies the divisors for each output port. This should be called after the constructor but before any port calls are made. The contents of the array are copied during the call, so the array can be a temporary variable.

    RateGroupDriverImpl::configure(NATIVE_INT_TYPE dividers[], NATIVE_INT_TYPE numDividers);

The input rate for each output port will be divided down by the value in the dividers[] array corresponding to the output port number.

The implementation will be ISR compliant by avoiding the following:

• Floating point calculations
• Taking mutexes
• Calling libraries with unknown side effects
• Long implementation

For instance,

SchedIn Rate	divider[0]	SchedOut[0]	divider[1]	SchedOut[1]	divider[2]	SchedOut[2]
1Hz	1	1Hz	2	0.5Hz	4	0.25Hz

3.3 Scenarios

3.3.1 System Tick Port Call

As described in the Functional Description section, the RateGroupDriver component accepts calls to the SchedIn and divides them down to the SchedOut ports:

3.4 State

RateGroupDriver has no state machines.

3.5 Algorithms

RateGroupDriver has no significant algorithms.

4. Dictionary

No dictionary for this module

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6. Unit Testing

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7. Change Log

Date	Description
6/19/2015	Design review edits
7/22/2015	Design review actions
9/2/2015	Unit test updates