Title :
A design method for implementing specifications including control in distributed embedded systems
Author :
Pernet, Nicolas ; Sorel, Yves
Author_Institution :
Inst. Nat. de Recherche en Inf. et Autom., Le Chesnay
Abstract :
Because a real-time system combines control and data processing designers specify it using different languages. Such systems are often distributed and the problem is to obtain a distributed implementation from these distinct specifications. Indeed, the method based on separated code generation and manual distribution leads to inconsistent implementations. We propose to unify all these specifications into a unique one. The resulting specification is a conditioned data flow graph which exhibits the potential parallelism necessary to an efficient use of distributed resources. Finally, we use the SynDEx software in order to automatically produce a distributed and consistent implementation from the resulting specification
Keywords :
data flow graphs; distributed processing; embedded systems; formal specification; program compilers; systems analysis; SynDEx software; automatic code generation method; conditioned data flow graph; design specification; distributed control; distributed embedded system; real-time system; Control systems; Data processing; Design methodology; Distributed control; Embedded system; Flow graphs; Process control; Real time systems; Specification languages; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2005. ETFA 2005. 10th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Catania
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9401-1
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2005.1612745