Title :
Run-time monitoring of communication activities in a rapid prototyping environment
Author :
Kirschbaum, A. ; Becker, Jürger ; Glesner, Manfred
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron. Syst., Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
Architectural decisions in embedded systems design are often based on assumptions about properties of the communication channels. For validating them rapid prototyping combined with run-time monitoring plays a major role. The authors present HarMonIC-a reconfigurable hardware monitoring system for the run-time observation of communication channels. They show how HarMonIC can be used to significantly improve debugging, performance evaluation, and design space exploration of communication architectures in embedded systems
Keywords :
computer architecture; performance evaluation; program debugging; real-time systems; software prototyping; system monitoring; HarMonIC; architectural decisions; communication activities; communication architectures; communication channels; debugging; design space exploration; embedded systems design; performance evaluation; rapid prototyping environment; reconfigurable hardware monitoring system; run-time monitoring; validation; Analytical models; Delay; Embedded system; Hardware; Instruments; Microelectronics; Monitoring; Prototypes; Runtime environment; Upper bound;
Conference_Titel :
Rapid System Prototyping, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 Ninth International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Leuven
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8479-8
DOI :
10.1109/IWRSP.1998.676668
