UML-based specifications of an embedded system oriented to HW/SW partitioning: a case study
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Authors
Prevostini M.,
Balzarini F.,
Kostadinov A. N.,
Mankan S.,
Martinola A.,
Minosi A.
Type
Book chapter
Year
2004
Language
English
Abstract
The Unified Modelling Language (UML) is a language for specifying, visualizing, constructing, and documenting the artefacts of software systems, as well as for modeling business and other non-software systems. The UML represents a collection of best engineering practices that succeeded in modelling large and complex systems; it is interesting to envision its extension for specification and modelling of hardware-software systems as well, starting with the first design phases, i.e. prior to hardware-software partitioning. This paper analyses the development of a solution able to define the hardware/software partitioning of an embedded system starting from its UML system specifications. The case study chosen is a Wireless Meter Reader (WMR) dedicated to the measurement of energy consumption. The designers evaluated the hardware/software partitioning solution in terms of cost, performance, size and consumption.
Book
Languages for system specification: Selected contributions on UML, systemC, system Verilog, mixed-signal systems, and property specification from FDL''03
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Start page number
71
End page number
84
ISBN
1-4020-7990-7
Keywords
embedded systems, HW/SW partitioning, system specifications, unified modeling language (UML)
