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A Parallel Evolutionary Algorithm to Optimize Dynamic Memory Managers in Embedded Systems
Jul 2010
For the last 30 years, several Dynamic Memory Managers (DMMs) have been proposed. Such DMMs include first fit, best fit, segregated fit and buddy systems. Since the performance, memory usage and...
Provided by Reed Elsevier
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HOLLOWS: A Power-Aware Task Scheduler for Energy Harvesting Sensor Nodes
Sep 2010
Energy Harvesting Sensor Nodes (EHSNs) have stringent low-energy consumption requirements, but they need to concurrently execute several types of tasks (processing, sensing, actuation, etc.)....
Provided by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
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Adaptive Task Migration Policies for Thermal Control in MPSoCs
Apr 2010
In deep submicron circuits, high temperatures have created critical issues in reliability, timing, performance, coolings costs and leakage power. Task migration techniques have been proposed to...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Execution Times and Execution Jitter Analysis of Real-Time Tasks Under Fixed-Priority Pre-Emptive Scheduling
Oct 2008
In this paper, the authors present worst-case and best-case execution times and (absolute) execution jitter analysis of independent, periodically activated, hard real-time tasks that are executed...
Provided by Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
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Improving Reliability of Embedded Systems Through Dynamic Memory Manager Optimization Using Grammatical Evolution
Jul 2010
Technology scaling has offered advantages to embedded systems, such as increased performance, more available memory and reduced energy consumption. However, scaling also brings a number of...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Mixed Heuristic and Mathematical Programming Using Reference Points for Dynamic Data Types Optimization in Multimedia Embedded Systems
Jul 2009
New multimedia embedded applications are becoming increasingly dynamic. Thus, they cannot only rely on static data allocation, and must employ Dynamically-allocated Data Types (DDTs) to store...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Optimization of Dynamic Memory Managers for Embedded Systems Using Grammatical Evolution
Jul 2009
New portable consumer embedded devices must execute multimedia applications (e.g., 3D games, video players and signal processing software, etc.) that demand extensive memory accesses and memory...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Optimization of Dynamic Data Types in Embedded Systems Using DEVS/SOA-Based Modeling and Simulation
May 2008
Latest multimedia embedded devices are enhancing its capabilities and are currently able to run applications reserved to powerful desktop computers few years ago (e.g., 3D games, video players)....
Provided by University of Arizona
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A Parallel Evolutionary Algorithm to Optimize Dynamic Data Types in Embedded Systems
Jul 2008
New multimedia embedded applications are increasingly dynamic, and rely on Dynamically-allocated Data Types (DDTs) to store their data. The optimization of DDTs for each target embedded system is...
Provided by Springer Science+Business Media
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Analysis and Research of Two-Level Scheduling Profile for Open Real-Time System
Jan 2011
In an open real-time system environment, the coexistence of different kinds of real-time and non real-time applications makes the system scheduling mechanism face new requirements and challenges....
Provided by Zhejiang Normal University
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Extending an Open-Source Real-Time Operating System With Hierarchical Scheduling
Oct 2010
Hierarchical Scheduling Frameworks (HSFs) have been devised to support the integration of independently developed and analyzed subsystems. This paper presents an efficient, modular and extendible...
Provided by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
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ORUIES: Object Oriented User Interface for Embedded Systems
May 2008
This paper introduces the Object Oriented User Interface for Embedded Systems (ORUIES), which is based on the Architecture Description Language concept, specifically the Simulation Architecture...
Provided by University of Alabama
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Topological Relationships Among Folded Hypercubes, Even Graphs and Odd Graphs
May 2008
Study of the properties of an interconnection network is an important part of the study of any parallel processing or distributed system. The hypercube is widely used and well-known...
Provided by Sunchon National University
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Embedding Analysis Among the Matrix-Star, Pancake, and RFM Graphs
May 2008
The Matrix-star, Pancake and RFM graphs also have such a good property of the Star and have a low network cost than the Hypercube. The Matrix-star graph which has the Star graph as a basic module...
Provided by Sunchon National University
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Firm Firmware and Apps for the Internet of Things
May 2011
Among the challenges for the Internet of Things, two stand out: a scalable application layer with wide interoperability and a common, reliable programming model. The authors propose to strip all...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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Design and Implementation of a Gateway for Web-Based Interaction and Management of Embedded Devices
Apr 2009
Wireless Sensor Networks provide unprecedented possibilities for monitoring and interacting with the real-world. Unfortunately, the lack of open and simple standards for ad-hoc collaboration...
Provided by SAP Research
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Reliable Execution of Business Processes on Dynamic Networks of Service-Enabled Devices
Aug 2009
It is expected that future shop-floors will be populated by thousands of networked embedded devices. Those will not only communicate using IP (as in TCP/IP), but also feature some autonomy,...
Provided by SAP Research
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Quality Validation for Mobile Embedded Software
Nov 2008
Many mobile applications have evolved from simple HTML pages to complex service-oriented applications that have high maintenance cost. This high maintenance cost is due to the heterogeneity of...
Provided by CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF DAEGU
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Stepwise Refinement in Executable-UML for Embedded System Design: A Preliminary Study
Jul 2009
The fast growth in complexity coupled with requests for shorter development periods for embedded systems are bringing demands towards a more effective, i.e. higher-abstract, design process for...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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IBM Rapid Deployment Services - Ahead Of The Pack
Jul 2011
Today's complex middleware solutions require faster speed to value and higher levels of quality. This brief video explains the role IBM Rapid Deployment Services (RDS) can play in helping today's...
Provided by IBM
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IBM Rapid Deployment Services - RDS
Jul 2011
Deploying middleware in a timely manner without errors can be a frustrating, labor intensive process. With IBM Rapid Deployment Services (RDS), you can distribute automatic, pre-tested, fully...
Provided by IBM
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Selection and Use of Programmable Logic in Flight Applications
May 2008
Architectures for on-board instrument processing platforms are as varied as the instruments themselves. This paper outlines several critical attributes which determine the technologies used for...
Provided by California Institute of Technology
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Power Prediction of Application Software for Embedded System Based on PXA270 Processor
May 2008
Since most of the embedded systems suffer from its restricted running environment, energy-efficient system design is important. The authors should consider the structural efficiency not only from...
Provided by Sungkyunkwan University
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Embedded Design Considerations for a Wearable Cattle Health Monitoring System
May 2008
Current techniques to assess livestock health on the farm or in the clinic provide only occasional, primarily subjective information and require a significant investment in time and veterinary...
Provided by Kansas State University
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A Middleware for Model-Based Embedded Systems
Apr 2008
To deal with the increasing complexity of embedded real-time systems the model-driven development approach has proven to be beneficial. The reduction of complexity achieved by the used models,...
Provided by Technische Universitat Munchen
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Real-Time Embedded Architecture for Advanced Service Robots
May 2008
In most advanced real-time control applications such as service robots, the tasks have different criticality, flexible timing constraints and variable execution time. For instance, autonomous...
Provided by Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
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A LAN Based PC Interactive Embedded System for Monitoring and Controlling Temperature
May 2008
Standalone embedded systems are having its limitation of display and control from the place of its installation. This paper explore the possibility of an embedded system for controlling and...
Provided by Gauhati University
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Short-Code Threading: A Memory-Saving and Efficient Approach to Accelerate the Token Threaded Code for Embedded Systems
May 2008
Short-code threading for virtual machine interpreters is substantially similar to direct threading. But short-code threading consumes less memory at the cost of a little performance degradation,...
Provided by National Cheng Kung University
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Design and Implementation of an Embedded System for Monitoring and Controlling the Intensity of Light
May 2008
Each and every part of the life is somehow linked with the embedded products. Embedded systems are the product of hardware and software co-design. Embedded system is becoming an integral part of...
Provided by Gauhati University
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Application of Embedded System in Remote Vehicle Control Unit
Feb 2008
Built in remote car starters with keyless entry have become a standard in most high end cars today. In addition, high end cars can recognize which key is being used and set various functions such...
Provided by University of West Florida
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Smart Wireless Temperature Data Logger
May 2008
The real time data logging of a process variable is mission critical in process dynamics. Process variables (like temperature, pressure, flow, level) vary with time in certain applications and...
Provided by Jaypee University of Information Technology
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A Technique to Save More Energy Using Redundant Processors in Hard Real-Time Systems With DVS
Apr 2008
Embedded real-time systems are getting ever more influential to daily lives in many important ways and one of the greatest concerns for such systems is short battery life. Dynamic Voltage Scaling...
Provided by University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
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Security Observance Throughout the Life-Cycle of Embedded Systems
May 2008
Embedded systems are an established part of life. Their security requirements underline the importance of properly formulated, implemented, and enforced security policies throughout their...
Provided by EPFL
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Testing Real-Time Properties of Embedded Systems
May 2008
The authors introduce an executable model for verifying real-time properties of embedded systems programmed under PicOS, which is a tiny operating system for small-footprint wireless devices. One...
Provided by University of Alberta
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Achieving Industrial Strength Timing Predictions of Embedded System Behavior
May 2008
This paper discusses why the extensive scientific results on predicting embedded systems temporal behavior never, or very seldom, reaches the industrial community. The authors also point out the...
Provided by Malardalen University
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Configurable Toolchain for Embedded Java Environments
May 2008
This paper presents the design and implementation of a complete toolchain for design, implementation and optimization of runtime software for embedded Java environments. The toolchain consists of...
Provided by La Trobe University
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An Embedded System Design for Speech Command Recognition Using Improved AMDF-Based Pitch Features
May 2008
This paper presents an embedded system design for speech command recognition using improved AMDF (Average Magnitude Difference Function)-based pitch features. Compared with the autocorrelation...
Provided by National Cheng Kung University
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A Toolkit for Distributed and Parallel Computing in Embedded Systems
Apr 2008
Parallel computing is currently undergoing a transition from a niche use to widespread acceptance due to new, computationally intensive applications and multi-core processors. While parallel...
Provided by Texas Tech University
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Virtual Electronic Boards for Teaching Embedded Systems Programming
May 2008
The authors describe a system suitable for teaching courses in embedded systems and microcontroller programming. In the traditional approach each student is given access to hardware boards,...
Provided by Minnesota State University, Mankato
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Embedded Assessment of Microcomputer Fundamentals for Embedded Systems Education
May 2008
Traditionally, computer architecture/computer engineering curricula have emphasized general purpose computing when teaching hardware and software fundamentals. Effectively teaching design of...
Provided by Texas State University
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An SIMD Programmable Vision Chip with High-Speed Focal Plane Image Processing
Nov 2008
A high-speed analog VLSI image acquisition and low-level image processing system are presented. The architecture of the chip is based on a dynamically reconfigurable SIMD processor array. The chip...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Embedded Systems Programming: Accessing Databases from Esterel
Nov 2008
A current limitation in embedded controller design and programming is the lack of database support in development tools such as Esterel Studio. This paper proposes a way of integrating databases...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Selected Papers from SLA++P 07 and 08 Model-Driven High-Level Programming of Embedded Systems
Dec 2008
Model-based high-level programming of embedded systems has become a reality in the automotive and avionics industries. These industries place high demands on the efficiency and maintainability of...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Accelerating Seismic Computations Using Customized Number Representations on FPGAs
Nov 2008
The oil and gas industry has an increasingly large demand for high-performance computation over huge volume of data. Compared to common processors, Field-Programable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) can boost...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Microcontroller-Based Process Monitoring Using Petri-Nets
Nov 2008
This paper considers the development of a Petri-net-based modelling tool as a mechanism for process and system monitoring. The use of Petri-nets, which has previously been largely based in the...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Time-Predictable Computer Architecture
Dec 2008
Today's general-purpose processors are optimized for maximum throughput. Real-time systems need a processor with both a reasonable and a known Worst-Case Execution Time (WCET). Features such as...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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An Embedded Software Platform for Distributed Automotive Environment Management
Jan 2009
This paper discusses an innovative extension of the actual vehicle platforms that integrate intelligent environments in order to carry out e-safety tasks improving the driving security. These...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Prototyping Advanced Control Systems on FPGA
Mar 2009
In advanced digital control and mechatronics, FPGA-based Systems on a Chip (SoCs) promise to supplant older technologies, such as microcontrollers and DSPs. However, the tackling of FPGA...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Towards Preserving Model Coverage and Structural Code Coverage
Feb 2009
Embedded systems are often used in safety-critical environments. Thus, thorough testing of them is mandatory. To achieve a required structural code-coverage criteria it is beneficial to derive the...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Improving the Performance of Bus Platforms by Means of Segmentation and Optimized Resource Allocation
Apr 2009
Consider a processor organization consisting of a number of client modules and server modules (jointly called devices), like memory units and arithmetic-logic processing units. Suppose that these...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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SmartCell: An Energy Efficient Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architecture for Stream-Based Applications
Apr 2009
This paper presents SmartCell, a novel coarse-grained reconfigurable architecture, which tiles a large number of processor elements with reconfigurable interconnection fabrics on a single chip....
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Performance Analysis of Bit-Width Reduced Floating-Point Arithmetic Units in FPGAs: A Case Study of Neural Network-Based Face Detector
Mar 2009
This paper implements a Field Programmable Gate Array- (FPGA-) based face detector using a Neural Network (NN) and the bitwidth reduced Floating-Point arithmetic Unit (FPU). The analytical error...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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A New Multithreaded Architecture Supporting Direct Execution of Esterel
Apr 2009
The authors propose a fully pipelined, multithreaded, reactive processor called STARPro for direct execution of Esterel. STARPro provides native support for Esterel threads and their scheduling....
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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An FPGA Implementation of a Parallelized MT19937 Uniform Random Number Generator
Apr 2009
Recent times have witnessed an increase in use of high-performance reconfigurable computing for accelerating large-scale simulations. A characteristic of such simulations, like InfraRed (IR) scene...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Random Number Generators in Secure Disk Drives
Jun 2009
Cryptographic random number generators seeded by physical entropy sources are employed in many embedded security systems, including self-encrypting disk drives, being manufactured by the millions...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Cascade Boosting-Based Object Detection from High-Level Description to Hardware Implementation
Jun 2009
Object detection forms the first step of a larger setup for a wide variety of computer vision applications. The focus of this paper is the implementation of a real-time embedded object detection...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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An Efficient Segmental Bus-Invert Coding Method for Instruction Memory Data Bus Switching Reduction
Jul 2009
This paper presents a bus coding methodology for the instruction memory data bus switching reduction. Compared to the existing state-of-the-art Multiway Partial Bus-Invert (MPBI) coding which...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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FPGA Accelerator for Wavelet-Based Automated Global Image Registration
Jun 2009
Wavelet-based Automated Global Image Registration (WAGIR) is fundamental for most remote sensing image processing algorithms and extremely computation-intensive. With more and more algorithms...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Performance Evaluation of UML2-Modeled Embedded Streaming Applications with System-Level Simulation
Jul 2009
This paper presents an efficient method to capture abstract performance model of streaming data Real-Time Embedded Systems (RTESs). Unified Modeling Language version 2 (UML2) is used for the...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Efficient Processing of a Rainfall Simulation Watershed on an FPGA-Based Architecture with Fast Access to Neighbourhood Pixels
Aug 2009
This paper describes a hardware architecture to implement the watershed algorithm using rainfall simulation. The speed of the architecture is increased by utilizing a multiple memory bank approach...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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OLLAF: A Fine Grained Dynamically Reconfigurable Architecture for OS Support
Sep 2009
Fine Grained Dynamically Reconfigurable Architecture (FGDRA) offers a flexibility for embedded systems with a great power processing efficiency by exploiting optimizations opportunities at...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Low-Power Bitstream-Residual Decoder for H.264/AVC Baseline Profile Decoding
Dec 2009
The authors present the design and VLSI implementation of a novel low-power bitstream-residual decoder for H.264/AVC baseline profile. It comprises a syntax parser, a parameter decoder, and an...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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A Mixed-Signal Embedded Platform for Automotive Sensor Conditioning
Oct 2009
A mixed-signal embedded system called Intelligent Sensor InterFace (ISIF) suited to fast identify, trim, and verify an architecture to interface a given sensor is presented. This system has been...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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A Systematic Development Methodology for Mixed-Mode Behavioral Models of In-Vehicle
Oct 2009
The rising demands for safety, power-weight reduction, and comfort make the in-vehicle network of embedded electronic systems very complex. In particular system reliability is essential,...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Model and Design of a Power Driver for Piezoelectric Stack Actuators
Dec 2009
In linear piezoelectricity, the equations of linear elasticity are coupled to the charge equation of electrostatics by means of the piezoelectric constants. However, the electric variables are not...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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A Platform-Based Methodology for System-Level Mixed-Signal Design
Feb 2010
The complexity of today's embedded electronic systems as well as their demanding performance and reliability requirements are such that their design can no longer be tackled with ad hoc techniques...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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On Mixed Abstraction
Dec 2009
Executable specifications and simulations are cornerstone to system design flows. Complex-mixed-signal embedded systems can be specified with SystemC AMS which supports abstraction and extensible...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Design Methodologies and Innovative Architectures for Mixed-Signal Embedded Systems
Feb 2010
The continuous evolution of VLSI technologies, especially CMOS and its variants (HVMOS, BCD, RF CMOS, etc.), has enabled the integration of complex functionalities in a single, heterogeneous...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Algorithms for Optimally Arranging Multicore Memory Structures
May 2010
As more processing cores are added to embedded systems processors, the relationships between cores and memories have more influence on the energy consumption of the processor. In this paper, the...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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An Embedded System Dedicated to Intervehicle Communication Applications
Jul 2010
To overcome system latency and network delay is essential for InterVehicle Communication (IVC) applications such as hazard alarming and cooperative driving. This paper proposes a low-cost embedded...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Word Length Selection Method for Controller Implementation on FPGAs Using the VHDL-2008 Fixed-Point and Floating-Point Packages
Jul 2010
This paper presents a word length selection method for the implementation of digital controllers in both fixed-point and floating point hardware on FPGAs. This method uses the new types defined in...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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A Precise High-Level Power Consumption Model for Embedded Systems Software
Aug 2010
The increasing demand for portable computing has elevated power consumption to be one of the most critical embedded systems design parameters. In this paper, the authors present a precise...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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A Formal Model for Performance and Energy Evaluation of Embedded Systems
Sep 2010
Embedded systems designers need to verify their design choices to find the proper platform and software that satisfy a given set of requirements. In this context, it is essential to adopt...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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A Combined Optimization Method for Tuning Two-Level Memory Hierarchy Considering Energy Consumption
Sep 2010
Tuning cache hierarchies in platforms for embedded systems can significantly reduce energy consumption. In this paper, the authors combined two optimization methods for tuning both instruction and...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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ThinkHome Energy Efficiency in Future Smart Homes
Sep 2010
Smart homes have been viewed with increasing interest by both home owners and the research community in the past few years. One reason for this development is that the use of modern automation...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Machine Perception in Automation: A Call to Arms
Jan 2011
Automation systems strongly depend on the amount, quality, and richness of their sensor information. For decades, scientists have investigated towards more accurate and cheaper sensors as well as...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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A DVP-Based Bridge Architecture to Randomly Access Pixels of High-Speed Image Sensors
Jan 2011
A design of a novel bridge is proposed to interface Digital-Video-Port (DVP) compatible image sensors with popular microcontrollers. Most commercially available CMOS image sensors send image data...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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An MPSoC-Based QAM Modulation Architecture with Run-Time Load-Balancing
Jan 2011
QAM is a widely used multilevel modulation technique, with a variety of applications in data radio communication systems. Most existing implementations of QAM-based systems use high levels of...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Meta-Model and UML Profile for Requirements Management of Software and Embedded Systems
Feb 2011
Software and embedded system companies today encounter problems related to requirements management tool integration, incorrect tool usage, and lack of traceability. This is due to utilized tools...
Provided by Hindawi Publishing
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Path Loss Aspects of a Wireless Communication System for Sensors
Mar 2011
Over the past 10 years there have been rapid advances in wireless technologies and an importance of a Radio Frequency (RF) communication system is expanding day by day due to its advantages. In...
Provided by University Press
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IBM Rapid Deployment Services - Ahead Of The Pack
Jul 2011
Today's complex middleware solutions require faster speed to value and higher levels of quality. This brief video explains the role IBM Rapid Deployment Services (RDS) can play in helping today's...
Provided by IBM
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IBM Rapid Deployment Services - RDS
Jul 2011
Deploying middleware in a timely manner without errors can be a frustrating, labor intensive process. With IBM Rapid Deployment Services (RDS), you can distribute automatic, pre-tested, fully...
Provided by IBM
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Selection and Use of Programmable Logic in Flight Applications
May 2008
Architectures for on-board instrument processing platforms are as varied as the instruments themselves. This paper outlines several critical attributes which determine the technologies used for...
Provided by California Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Power Prediction of Application Software for Embedded System Based on PXA270 Processor
May 2008
Since most of the embedded systems suffer from its restricted running environment, energy-efficient system design is important. The authors should consider the structural efficiency not only from...
Provided by Sungkyunkwan University
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White Papers
Embedded Design Considerations for a Wearable Cattle Health Monitoring System
May 2008
Current techniques to assess livestock health on the farm or in the clinic provide only occasional, primarily subjective information and require a significant investment in time and veterinary...
Provided by Kansas State University
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White Papers
A Middleware for Model-Based Embedded Systems
Apr 2008
To deal with the increasing complexity of embedded real-time systems the model-driven development approach has proven to be beneficial. The reduction of complexity achieved by the used models,...
Provided by Technische Universitat Munchen
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White Papers
Real-Time Embedded Architecture for Advanced Service Robots
May 2008
In most advanced real-time control applications such as service robots, the tasks have different criticality, flexible timing constraints and variable execution time. For instance, autonomous...
Provided by Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
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White Papers
A LAN Based PC Interactive Embedded System for Monitoring and Controlling Temperature
May 2008
Standalone embedded systems are having its limitation of display and control from the place of its installation. This paper explore the possibility of an embedded system for controlling and...
Provided by Gauhati University
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White Papers
Short-Code Threading: A Memory-Saving and Efficient Approach to Accelerate the Token Threaded Code for Embedded Systems
May 2008
Short-code threading for virtual machine interpreters is substantially similar to direct threading. But short-code threading consumes less memory at the cost of a little performance degradation,...
Provided by National Cheng Kung University
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White Papers
Design and Implementation of an Embedded System for Monitoring and Controlling the Intensity of Light
May 2008
Each and every part of the life is somehow linked with the embedded products. Embedded systems are the product of hardware and software co-design. Embedded system is becoming an integral part of...
Provided by Gauhati University
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White Papers
Application of Embedded System in Remote Vehicle Control Unit
Feb 2008
Built in remote car starters with keyless entry have become a standard in most high end cars today. In addition, high end cars can recognize which key is being used and set various functions such...
Provided by University of West Florida
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White Papers
Smart Wireless Temperature Data Logger
May 2008
The real time data logging of a process variable is mission critical in process dynamics. Process variables (like temperature, pressure, flow, level) vary with time in certain applications and...
Provided by Jaypee University of Information Technology
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White Papers
A Technique to Save More Energy Using Redundant Processors in Hard Real-Time Systems With DVS
Apr 2008
Embedded real-time systems are getting ever more influential to daily lives in many important ways and one of the greatest concerns for such systems is short battery life. Dynamic Voltage Scaling...
Provided by University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
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White Papers
Security Observance Throughout the Life-Cycle of Embedded Systems
May 2008
Embedded systems are an established part of life. Their security requirements underline the importance of properly formulated, implemented, and enforced security policies throughout their...
Provided by EPFL
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White Papers
Testing Real-Time Properties of Embedded Systems
May 2008
The authors introduce an executable model for verifying real-time properties of embedded systems programmed under PicOS, which is a tiny operating system for small-footprint wireless devices. One...
Provided by University of Alberta
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White Papers
Achieving Industrial Strength Timing Predictions of Embedded System Behavior
May 2008
This paper discusses why the extensive scientific results on predicting embedded systems temporal behavior never, or very seldom, reaches the industrial community. The authors also point out the...
Provided by Malardalen University
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White Papers
Configurable Toolchain for Embedded Java Environments
May 2008
This paper presents the design and implementation of a complete toolchain for design, implementation and optimization of runtime software for embedded Java environments. The toolchain consists of...
Provided by La Trobe University
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White Papers
An Embedded System Design for Speech Command Recognition Using Improved AMDF-Based Pitch Features
May 2008
This paper presents an embedded system design for speech command recognition using improved AMDF (Average Magnitude Difference Function)-based pitch features. Compared with the autocorrelation...
Provided by National Cheng Kung University
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White Papers
A Toolkit for Distributed and Parallel Computing in Embedded Systems
Apr 2008
Parallel computing is currently undergoing a transition from a niche use to widespread acceptance due to new, computationally intensive applications and multi-core processors. While parallel...
Provided by Texas Tech University
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White Papers
Virtual Electronic Boards for Teaching Embedded Systems Programming
May 2008
The authors describe a system suitable for teaching courses in embedded systems and microcontroller programming. In the traditional approach each student is given access to hardware boards,...
Provided by Minnesota State University, Mankato
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White Papers
Embedded Assessment of Microcomputer Fundamentals for Embedded Systems Education
May 2008
Traditionally, computer architecture/computer engineering curricula have emphasized general purpose computing when teaching hardware and software fundamentals. Effectively teaching design of...
Provided by Texas State University
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The Future of Real Time Embedded Systems
Aug 2007
Embedded system developers face many and sometimes conflicting challenges. To increase efficiency and drive down hardware cost, they must aim forever higher levels of system integration. But to...
Provided by Oce
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Trends and Implications in Embedded Systems Development
Jan 2011
Embedded systems have become an integral part of daily life. Be it a cell phone, a smartcard, a music player, a router, or the electronics in an automobile - these systems have been touching and...
Provided by Tata Consultancy Services
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Aspects of Embodied Computing
Aug 2008
Post-Moore's Law computing will require an assimilation between computational processes and their physical realizations, both to achieve greater speeds and densities and to allow computational...
Provided by University of Tennessee
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Embedded System for 3D Shape Reconstruction
Aug 2008
Many applications that use three-dimensional scanning require a low cost, accurate and fast solution. This paper presents a fixed-point implementation of a real-time active stereo...
Provided by Israel Institute of Technology
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The Case for Aspect-Oriented Reflective Middleware
Jul 2007
The emergence of applications domains such as pervasive and autonomic computing has increased the need for customisation and dynamic adaptation of both distributed systems, and the underlying...
Provided by Lancaster University
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A Dynamic Slack Management Technique for Real-Time Distributed Embedded Systems
Feb 2008
This paper presents a novel slack management technique, the Service-Rate-Proportionate (SRP) Slack Distribution, for real-time distributed embedded systems to reduce energy consumption. The...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Increased Discrimination in Level Set Methods With Embedded Conditional Random Fields
Mar 2009
The authors propose a novel approach for improving level set segmentation methods by embedding the potential functions from a discriminatively trained Conditional Random Field (CRF) into a level...
Provided by University of British Columbia
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Implementation of Combinational and Sequential Functions in Embedded Firmware
Jan 2008
The paper addresses firmware implementation of multiple-output combinational and sequential Boolean functions based on cascades of Look-Up Tables (LUTs). A LUT cascade is described as a means of...
Provided by Brno University of Technology
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Real-Time Embedded Architecture for Improving Pervasive Robot Services
Jan 2008
The integration of embedded real-time control systems with the physical world via sensors and actuators (pervasive computing systems) is creating a nascent infrastructure for a technical, economic...
Provided by Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
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Development of the Retargetable Tool Suite for Embedded Software
Apr 2009
In order to construct the most suitable embedded software development environment, the authors design and implements the Retargetable Tool Suite for Embedded Software (RTS-ES) composed of target...
Provided by Sangji University
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Dynamic QoS Management in Distributed Real-Time Embedded Systems
May 2008
Increasingly, embedded systems are part of larger Distributed Real-time Embedded (DRE) systems in a wide variety of domains, including military Command and Control (C2), avionics and air traffic...
Provided by BBN Technologies
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A Software Safety Model for Safety Critical Applications
Oct 2009
Software has become responsible for most of the critical functions of complex systems. Software safety is the notion that software will execute within a system context without contributing to...
Provided by Andhra University
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Save-IDE - A Tool for Design, Analysis and Implementation of Component-Based Embedded Systems
Feb 2009
The paper presents Save-IDE, an Integrated Development Environment for the development of component-based embedded systems. Save-IDE supports efficient development of dependable embedded systems...
Provided by Malardalen University
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Towards Architectural Programming of Embedded Systems
Jan 2010
Integrating architectural elements with a modern programming language is essential to ensure a smooth combination of architectural design and programming. In this position statement, the authors...
Provided by Aachen University
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Test Case Integration: From Components to Systems
Feb 2009
In a component-based development approach system integration generally implies the packaging and deployment of a group of software components on hardware units, possibly hiding the interface of a...
Provided by TU München
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Exploring the Design Space for Network Protocol Stacks on Special - Purpose Embedded Systems
Sep 2009
Many special-purpose embedded systems such as automobiles and aircrafts consist of multiple embedded controllers connected through embedded network interconnect. Such network interconnects have...
Provided by International Federation for Information Processing
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Applying Architectural Hybridization in Networked Embedded Systems
Sep 2009
Building distributed embedded systems in wireless and mobile environments is more challenging than if fixed network infrastructures can be used. One of the main issues is the increased uncertainty...
Provided by Lisbon University
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Fine-Grained Tailoring of Component Behaviour for Embedded Systems
Sep 2009
The application of run-time reconfigurable component models to networked embedded systems has a number of significant advantages such as encouraging software reuse, adaptation to dynamic...
Provided by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Towards Time-Predictable Data Caches for Chip-Multiprocessors
Sep 2009
Future embedded systems are expected to use chip-multiprocessors to provide the execution power for increasingly demanding applications. Multiprocessors increase the pressure on the memory...
Provided by Vienna University of Technology
