Abstract
Developing embedded control systems using a building-block approach at all the parts enables an efficient and fast design process. Main reasons are the real
plug-and-play capabilities of the blocks. Furthermore, due the simulatability of the designs, parts of the system can already be tested before the other parts are available.
We have applied an object-oriented approach for modeling all three parts of embedded control systems: compositional programming for the embedded software parts; VHDL for the specific I/O computer hardware parts; and bond graphs
for the appliance (i.e. the device to be controlled).
Due to the simulatability, our building-block method is suitable for a concurrent engineering design approach, and thus supporting hardware-software co-design.
Currently, our research focuses on the software description part. The appliance description part has been worked on, while we just use VHDL descriptions for the computer hardware. This is the reason why the emphasis in this text
is on the building blocks for the embedded software part.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the first PROGRESS workshop |
Editors | Jean Pierre Veen |
Place of Publication | Utrecht, The Netherlands |
Publisher | STW |
Pages | 27-34 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Print) | 90-73461-25-1 |
Publication status | Published - 13 Oct 2001 |
Event | 1st PROGRESS Workshop on Embedded Systems 2000 - Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 13 Oct 2000 → 13 Oct 2000 Conference number: 1 |
Publication series
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Publisher | Technology Foundation (STW) |
Workshop
Workshop | 1st PROGRESS Workshop on Embedded Systems 2000 |
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Abbreviated title | PROGRESS |
Country/Territory | Netherlands |
City | Utrecht |
Period | 13/10/00 → 13/10/00 |
Keywords
- IR-96353
- METIS-201506