Introduction to algorithms
Some computer science issues in ubiquitous computing
Communications of the ACM - Special issue on computer augmented environments: back to the real world
System level hardware module generation
IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems
The Chinook hardware/software co-synthesis system
ISSS '95 Proceedings of the 8th international symposium on System synthesis
Design of system interface modules
ICCAD '92 Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE/ACM international conference on Computer-aided design
Synthesis fo the hardware/software interface in microcontroller-based systems
ICCAD '92 Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE/ACM international conference on Computer-aided design
Hardware-Software Cosynthesis for Digital Systems
IEEE Design & Test
Hardware-Software Cosynthesis for Microcontrollers
IEEE Design & Test
Scheduling for Reactive Real-Time Systems
IEEE Micro
IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems
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A key aspect of the synthesis of embedded systems is the automatic integration of system components. This entails the derivation of both the hardware and software interfaces that will bind these elements together and permit them to communicate correctly and efficiently. Without the automatic synthesis of these interfaces, designers are not able to fully simulate and evaluate their systems. Frequently, they are discouraged from exploring the design space of different hardware/software partitions because practical concerns mandate minimizing changes late in the design cycle, thus leading to more costly implementations than necessary. This paper presents a set of techniques that form the basis of a comprehensive solution to the synthesis of hardware/software interfaces. Software drivers and glue logic are generated to connect processors to peripheral devices, hardware co-processors, or communication interfaces while meeting bandwidth and performance requirements. We use as examples a set of devices that communicate over an infrared local communications network (highlighting a video wrist-watch display) to explain our techniques and the need for design space exploration tools for embedded systems.