A case study in low-power system-level design

Author

Wolfe, Andrew

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

2-4 Oct 1995

Firstpage

332

Lastpage

338

Abstract

A case study in low-power system-level design is presented. We detail the design of a typical low-power embedded system, a touchscreen interface device for a personal computer. This device is designed to operate only on excess power provided by unused RS232 communication lines. We focus on the design and measurement procedures used to reduce the power requirements of this system to less than 50 mW. Furthermore, we highlight opportunities to use system-level design and analysis tools for low-power design. Finally, we identify, key issues in low-power system design that are not currently being explored by the design automation community

Keywords

logic design; real-time systems; systems analysis; RS232 communication lines; design automation community; low-power embedded system; low-power system-level design; personal computer; touchscreen interface device; Computer aided software engineering; Computer displays; Conducting materials; Costs; Design automation; Embedded system; Mice; Process design; System-level design; Tactile sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 1995. ICCD '95. Proceedings., 1995 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

ISSN

1063-6404

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7165-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCD.1995.528830

Filename

528830