An RTOS-based approach to design and validation of embedded systems

Author

Tomiyama, Hiroyuki ; Chikada, Shin-ichiro ; Honda, Shinya ; Takada, Hiroaki

Author_Institution

Graduate Sch. of Inf. Sci., Nagoya Univ., Japan

fYear

2005

fDate

27-29 April 2005

Firstpage

185

Lastpage

187

Abstract

In this paper, we have presented an RTOS-based design and validation methodology for embedded systems. The heart of our methodology is the use of an RTOS simulation model from the very early stage of the system design, which enables accurate system specification, efficient validation, and smooth implementation. We also showed a case study in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of our methodology. Up to now, we have developed a co-simulation framework and a simulation model of RTOS (Honda et al.,2004) which are key components to realize the proposed methodology. Currently we are working towards two directions. One is to improve the timing accuracy of co-simulation, and the other is to support multiprocessor embedded systems.

Keywords

circuit CAD; embedded systems; hardware-software codesign; integrated circuit design; microprocessor chips; RTOS simulation model; cosimulation framework; embedded system design; embedded system validation; multiprocessor embedded systems; timing accuracy; Application software; Cellular phones; Concurrent computing; Design methodology; Embedded system; Information science; Kernel; Motion pictures; Software quality; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Design, Automation and Test, 2005. (VLSI-TSA-DAT). 2005 IEEE VLSI-TSA International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9060-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VDAT.2005.1500051

Filename

1500051