Real-Time Embedded Software for Stabilized Electro-Optical System

Stabilized electro-optical system (SEOS) housed with electro-optical (EO) payloads is required for battlefield surveillance, positioning, pointing and tracking of ground, aerial and naval targets. SEOS are required for line-of-sight (LOS) stabilization by rejecting the host platform motion for accurate pointing and tracking. In such complex systems, the design of real-time embedded software becomes very challenging. Hard real-time implementation of stabilization and position and track control algorithms make it more critical. Interfacing and real-time handling of heterogeneous interfaces simultaneously and further make the embedded software complex. In this paper, we present an innovative real-time embedded software design and implementation for stabilized EO system.