Tool support is essential to allow the use of Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) in the design of distributed embedded real-time systems. GenERTiCA is a flexible tool that supports a MDE approach, which uses concepts of Aspect-Oriented Development (AOD) to handle non-functional requirements from real-time and embedded systems domain. This paper presents a comprehensive case study that illustrates GenERTiCA usage to generate source code from UML models. GenERTiCA also performs aspects weaving using aspect’s information specified in UML models. Results regarding source code generation for a Java platform based on the Real-Time Specification for Java (RTSJ) are presented. Additionally, this paper discusses the implementation of some aspects of a high-level aspects framework, named DERAF, using the mentioned platform. © 2009 IFAC.