Surviving the SOC revolution: a guide to platform-based design
Surviving the SOC revolution: a guide to platform-based design
A Top-Down Microsystems Design Methodology and Associated Challenges
DATE '03 Proceedings of the conference on Design, Automation and Test in Europe: Designers' Forum - Volume 2
A mixed-signal embedded platform for automotive sensor conditioning
EURASIP Journal on Embedded Systems - Special issue on design methodologies and innovative architectures for mixed-signal embedded systems
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In this paper a general architecture suitable to interface several kinds of sensors for automotive applications is presented. A platform based design approach is pursued to improve system performance while minimizing time-to-market.. The platform is composed by an analog front-end and a digital section. The latter is based on a microcontroller core (8051 IP by Oregano) plus a set of dedicated hardware dedicated to the complex signal processing required for sensor conditioning. The microcontroller handles also the communication with external devices (as a PC) for data output and fast prototyping. A case study is presented concerning the conditioning of a Gyro yaw rate sensor for automotive applications. Measured performance results outperform current state-of-the-art commercial devices.