Title :
A system design and rapid prototyping of wearable computers course
Author :
Smailagic, Asim ; Siewiorek, Daniel ; Luo, Lu
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Complex Eng. Syst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes a custom design approach as applied to power management in an innovative course on rapid prototyping of computer systems at Carnegie Mellon. We emphasize the importance of the choice of user interface modalities on power consumption of wearable computers. The paper identifies the major components of power consumption in a wearable computer, and evaluates their respective contributions to power consumption. We have quantified the power consumption of text-, graphics-, and speech-based interfaces, providing a guideline for the design of future wearable/mobile computer systems.
Keywords :
computer power supplies; computer science education; educational courses; graphical user interfaces; power consumption; software prototyping; speech-based user interfaces; wearable computers; custom design method; graphics based interface; innovative wearable computers course; mobile computer system design; power consumption; power management; rapid prototyping; speech based interfaces; text based interface; user interface modality; wearable computer system design; Computer interfaces; Energy consumption; Energy management; Guidelines; Innovation management; Mobile computing; Power system management; Prototypes; User interfaces; Wearable computers;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronic Systems Education, 2003. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1973-3
DOI :
10.1109/MSE.2003.1205264
