Hardware/Software Codesign of Embedded Systems

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Hardware/Software Codesign of Embedded Systems

• TOPICS IN COMPUTERS I
• ELG7186B  (EACJ5807B )Carleton CRN 17151

Voicu Groza SITE Hall, Room 5017 562 5800 ext.
2159 Groza_at_SITE.uOttawa.ca
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Goals

• To introduce issues and methods for the
  specification and design of embedded computing
  systems
• To present techniques for codesign

CODESIGN
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Embedded Systems Infomercial ?

• Sales of microprocessors rose 3 in 2007 as chip
  companies sold 270 billion worth of chips
  worldwide (Gartner).
• Intel had 12.2 market share, followed by
• Samsung with 7.7,
• Toshiba with 4.6 and
• Texas Instruments with 4.2.
• -wise, the embedded and desktop markets are
  about the same, since embedded computers cost
  only a few to tens of dollars - you can't put a
  200 processor inside a pager
• Designers of embedded systems will likely be in
  high demand

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Who knows how to build embedded systems?

• Such systems used to be the domain of hardware
  designers.
• Today, embedded system designer must be
  experienced in both software and hardware design,
  as well as in embedded applications.
• In addition, because an embedded system usually
  executes just one program during its lifetime
  (unlike desktop computers that execute thousands
  of programs), the designer must be familiar with
  optimization techniques to perform the specific
  program using the least size, power, and time.

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ELG 7186B Course Outline

• Introduction Concurrent Engineering
• Hardware/Software Components and Architectures of
  Embedded Systems
• System Modeling and Specification Languages
  (State Machines, Codesign FSM, StateCharts,
  Petri-Nets, Communicating Sequential Processes,
  Synchronous Dataflow System Level Specification
  Languages). Co-Simulation.
• System-Level Synthesis Architecture selection.
  Hardware/Software Partitioning.
• Interface Analysis and Synthesis.
• Hardware and Software Synthesis.
• Co-Verification and rapid prototyping of
  Hardware/Software Systems
• Hardware/Software Codesign Environments.

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CO

• SPECIFICATION
• SIMULATION
• VERIFICATION
• PARTITIONING
• SYNTHESIS

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References

• Peter Marwedel, Embedded System Design,
  Springer, 2005, ISBN-10 0387292373
• Daniel D. Gajski, Franck Vahid, Sanjiv Narayan,
  Jie Gong, Specification and Design of Embedded
  Systems, PTR Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs,
  New Jersey 07632, 1994, ISBN 0-13-150731-1
• Wayne Wolf, Computers as Components. Principles
  of Embedded Computing Systems Design, Morgan
  Kaufmann, 2002, Elsevier Science ISBN
  1-55860-541
• Tim Mikkelsen, Embedded Computers In Electronic
  Instruments, from Standard Handbook Of
  Electronic Engineering, The McGraw-Hill
  Companies,2004
• A. Jantsch, Modeling Embedded Systems and SoC's
  - Concurrency and Time in Models of Computation,
  Morgan Kaufmann, 2003.

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Marking Scheme

• Assignments (1 or 2) (15 )
• One or two assignments, dealing with co-design
  methodologies and/or tools will be given out to
  familiarize the student with system modeling
• First project task (15 )
• This task involves a literature review of an
  agreed upon topic, preferably in line with the
  students research
• A paper presentation is given to the class
  discussing one of the literatures surveyed in the
  first project task. This will be scheduled for
  sometime in the middle of the semester.
• Second project task (35 )
• This task complements the first one, through the
  design, simulation and/or implementation of the
  chosen topic. The student is free to utilize any
  available tools and languages to carry out the
  research.
• A presentation outlining the projects details
  and results is given to the class. Each student
  is required to choose at least one of the
  presentations (paper or project)
• Final examination (35)