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82/2006 : Interface Design for Real-Time Smart Transducer Networks - Examining COSMIC, LIN, and TTP/A as Case Study
Wilfried Elmenreich, Hubert Piontek, Jörg Kaiser
15th International Conference on Real-Time and Network Systems
Get rr-82-2006.pdf (306.69KB)
40/2006 : Meta-Modelling in Tool Support for Time-Triggered Application Development
Christian Paukovits, Wilfried Elmenreich
Proceedings of the Junior Scientist Conference 2006
Get paukovits_jsc06.pdf (141.58KB)
/2006 : Applying Model-Integrated Computing on Time-Triggered Application Development
Christian Paukovits
Get paukovits_applying model-integrated computing on time-triggered application development.pdf (1030.61KB)
/2006 : Real-Time Communication Systems for Small Autonomous Robots
Stefan Krywult
Get krywult_real-time communication system for small autonomous robots.pdf (1083.85KB)
/2005 : Enhancing TTP/A with a Time-Triggered Ethernet Layer
Bernhard Weirich
Get weirich_Bakk_TTPA_Ethernet.pdf (1214.72KB)
62/2004 : TTP/A Protocol and Design
Arvind Nath Rapaka, Wilfried Elmenreich, Donald Wunsch
Circuit Cellar
45/2004 : Revision and Verification of an Enhanced UART
Raffaele Gallo, Martin Delvai, Wilfried Elmenreich
Workshop on Factory Communication Systems, WiP Session
Get rr-45-2004.pdf (114.72KB)
37/2004 : TTP/A Gateway
Stefan Krywult, Christian Steiner
Get TTPA Gateway.pdf (1737.96KB)
31/2004 : Modeling Distributed Embedded Applications on an Interface File System
Wilfried Elmenreich, Stefan Pitzek, Martin Schlager
IEEE International Symposium on Object-Oriented Real-Time Distributed Computing
Get isorc04_cr.pdf (551.92KB)
3/2004 : Comparison of Fieldbus Protocols LIN 1.0, LIN 2.0, and TTP/A
Stefan Krywult, Christian Steiner, Wilfried Elmenreich
10th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation
Get etfa_lin_ttpa.pdf (227.41KB)
/2004 : Wireless Real-Time Communication for Smart Transducer Networks
Bernhard Huber
Get Diplomarbeit_Huber_2004.pdf (2258.00KB)
/2004 : Modellierung und Scheduling von flexiblen, zeitgesteuerten Kommunikationsprotokollen
Christian Paukovits
Get paukovits_bacc_TTPAScheduler.pdf (726.43KB)
49/2003 : Automatic Recovery of the TTP/A Sensor/Actuator Network
Wilfried Steiner, Wilfried Elmenreich
First Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES)
Get 17_Automatic_Recovery_of_the_TTPA_SensorActuator_Network.pdf (231.14KB; See also conference Proceedings at
40/2003 : Accessing TTP/A Fieldbus Systems via Web Services 
Markus Venzke, Stefan Pitzek
First Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES 2003)
Get Venzke,Pitzek_Accessing_Fieldbus_Systems_via_Web_Services.pdf (149.17KB)
9/2003 : Intelligent UART Module for Real-Time Applications
Martin Delvai, Ulrike Eisenmann, Wilfried Elmenreich
First Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES)
Get 16_Intelligent_UART_Module_for_Real-Time_Applications.pdf (82.54KB)
6/2003 : Configuration and Management of a Real-Time Smart Transducer Network
Stefan Pitzek, Wilfried Elmenreich
9th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation
/2003 : Design of a Gateway for the Interconnection of Real-Time Communication Hierarchies
Michael Borovicka
Get borovicka_designGatewayPCMCIA.pdf (1082.63KB)
69/2002 : UART - Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
Ulrike Eisenmann
Get eisenmann_uart.pdf (283.84KB)
45/2002 : Documentation of the Smart Car Demonstrator
Albert Dias, J�rg Irran
Get smartcar-documentation.pdf (2089.02KB)
33/2002 : TTP/A Smart Transducer Programming - A Beginner's Guide
Wilfried Elmenreich, Wolfgang Haidinger, Raimund Kirner, Thomas Losert, Roman Obermaisser, Christian Tr�dhandl
Get bgtt.pdf (574.76KB)
32/2002 : A Standardized Smart Transducer Interface
Wilfried Elmenreich, Roman Obermaisser
IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE'02)
Get rr-32-2002.pdf (470.81KB)
28/2002 : Managing Fieldbus Systems
Stefan Pitzek, Wilfried Elmenreich
Proceedings of the Work-in-Progress Session of the 14th Euromicro International Conference
Get euro-wip02.pdf (23.97KB)
5/2002 : Interfaces for TTP/A Intercluster Communication and Monitoring
Christian Tr�dhandl, Lukas Schneider
Get monitoring_if.pdf (371.18KB)
/2002 : Architectural Requirements for TTP/A Nodes
Christian Tr�dhandl
Get da.pdf (826.36KB)
/2002 : Description Mechanisms Supporting the Configuration and Management of TTP/A Fieldbus Systems
Stefan Pitzek
Get pitzek_descriptionMechanismsSupportingManagementAndConfiguration.pdf (1375.29KB)
61/2001 : Specification of the TTP/A Protocol
Stephan Eberle, Christian Ebner, Wilfried Elmenreich, Georg F�rber, Peter G�hner, Wolfgang Haidinger, Michael Holzmann, Robert Huber, Ralf Schlatterbeck, Hermann Kopetz, Alec Stothert
Get ttpaspec_v200.pdf (272.40KB; Version 2.00 (OMG - konform))
22/2001 : The Time-Triggered Architecture
Hermann Kopetz, G�nther Bauer
Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issue on Modeling and Design of Embedded Software
Get rr-2001-22.pdf (528.24KB)
19/2001 : Time-Triggered Communication with UARTs
Wilfried Elmenreich, Martin Delvai
4th IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems
Get rr-19-2001.pdf (225.89KB)
17/2001 : An Embedded System Hosting a CORBA and TTP/A Service
Wilfried Elmenreich, Christian Tr�dhandl, Thomas Losert
Get rr-17-2001.pdf (128.17KB)
11/2001 : Monitoring and Configuration in a Smart Transducer Network
Roman Obermaisser, Philipp Peti, Wilfried Elmenreich, Thomas Losert
IEEE Workshop on Real-Time Embedded Systems, 3rd December 2001, London, United Kingdom
Get rr-11-2001.pdf (869.76KB)
7/2001 : Specification of the Smart Sensor Interface
Hermann Kopetz, Wolfgang Haidinger, Wilfried Elmenreich
IST Programme RTD Research Project IST-1999-11585, Project Deliverable DMS2
Get rr-07-2001.pdf (276.07KB)
5/2001 : New Node Integration for Master-Slave Fieldbus Networks
Wilfried Elmenreich, Wolfgang Haidinger, Philipp Peti, Lukas Schneider
Proceedings of the 20th IASTED International Conference on Applied Informatics (AI 2002)
Get paper.pdf (260.39KB)
2/2001 : Using Sensor Fusion in a Time-Triggered Network
Wilfried Elmenreich, Stefan Pitzek
27th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 29th November - 2nd December 2001, Hyatt Regency Tech Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Get rr-02-2001.pdf (181.06KB; Research Report 02-2001)
/2001 : Design and Implementation of a TTP/A Master and Gateway Controller on a 32-bit Microcontroller
Reinhard Kapeller
Get Diplomarbeit_Kapeller_Reinhard.pdf (992.48KB)
/2001 : Real Time Robot Navigation with a Smart Transducer Network
Lukas Schneider
Get Diplomarbeit_Schneider_Lukas.pdf (2636.21KB)
/2001 : Monitoring and Configuration of a TTP/A Cluster in an Autonomous Mobile Robot
Philipp Peti
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28/2000 : Implementation of the TTP/A slave protocol on the Atmel ATmega103 MCU
Philipp Peti, Lukas Schneider
Get rr-28-2000.pdf (2010.15KB)
27/2000 : Application of TTP/A for the Otto Bock Axon Bus
Roman Obermaisser, Armin Kanitsar
Get rr-27-2000.pdf (1682.09KB)
23/2000 : A Universal Smart Transducer Interface: TTP/A
Hermann Kopetz, Michael Holzmann, Wilfried Elmenreich
International Journal of Computer System, Science & Engineering
Vol. 16, No. 2/2001 (Special Issue: ISORC'99)
Get rr-23-2000.pdf (49.86KB)
18/2000 : TTP/A: A Low Cost Highly Efficient Time-Triggered Fieldbus Architecture
Ralf Schlatterbeck, Wilfried Elmenreich
SAE World Congress 2001, March 2001, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Get rr-18-2000.pdf (160.70KB)
10/2000 : Kostengünstig vernetzen mit TTP/A
Wilfried Elmenreich
Markt&Technik -- Wochenzeitung für Elektronik und Informationstechnik, Nr 38/2000
Get rr-10-2000.pdf (79.71KB)
5/2000 : Generation and Analysis of the Codes for TTP/A Fireworks Bytes
Wolfgang Haidinger, Robert Huber
Get rr-05-2000.pdf (146.38KB)
4/2000 : A Comparison of LIN and TTP/A
Hermann Kopetz, Wilfried Elmenreich, Christoph Mack
3rd IEEE International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2000), 6.-8. September 2000, Porto, Portugal
Get rr-04-2000.pdf (84.22KB)
8/1999 : A Universal Smart Transducer Interface: TTP/A
Hermann Kopetz, Michael Holzmann, Wilfried Elmenreich
3rd IEEE International Symposium on Object-oriented Real-time distributed Computing (ISORC 2000)
Get rr-08-1999.pdf (64.96KB)
7/1999 : A Low-Cost Time-Triggered Sensor Network: TTP/A
Hermann Kopetz, Michael Holzmann, Wilfried Elmenreich
Get rr-07-1999.pdf (220.94KB)
/1996 : Fehlererkennung in TTP/A
Daniel Neubauer
Get Diplomarbeit_Neubauer_Daniel.pdf (848.32KB)
32/1994 : TTP/A and TTP/B - Ein Vergleich im Bereich der Karosserieelektronik
Roman Nossal
Get rr-32-1994.pdf (989.22KB)
6/1994 : Modeling and Simulation of TTP/A and B
Roman Nossal
Get rr-06-1994.pdf (118.53KB)