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-# concurrent_programming_cpp
-Concurrent Multi-thread Programming Project in C++
+# Concurrent Multi-thread Programming Project in C++
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+This project was concerned with simulating some aspects of a simple embedded computer system. 
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+The system designed is responsible for gathering environmental data via a single
+analogue-to-digital converter (ADC), and transmitting it to another computer system via one of 
+three communications links. The software in the embedded system consists initially of six
+threads, each of which is responsible for gathering data on different input channels, temporarily 
+storing it, and then transmitting it to the other computer system in blocks. In order to acquire 
+data, each thread must gain sole access to the ADC, configure it to sample from a specific 
+channel, and sample the channel. In order to transmit a block of data, a thread must gain access to 
+one of the communications links. Having gained access, it sends its block of data, and then 
+releases the link. Each thread may use any communications link, but once it has gained access to 
+a particular link, no other thread should be allowed to use that link until it is released. 
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