Hardware platform design decisions in embedded systems: a systematic teaching approach

  • Authors:
  • Falk Salewski;Stefan Kowalewski

  • Affiliations:
  • Embedded Software Laboratory, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany;Embedded Software Laboratory, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGBED Review - Special issues on the second workshop on embedded system education (WESE)
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Designers of embedded systems can choose between a large variety of different hardware platforms. The question often arising is which hardware platform is suited best for a certain application. This decision is usually made by an expert in industry being familiar with a variety of hardware platforms. Therefore, it is of major interest how this expert knowledge and the skills necessary for such a selection process can be taught to students. In this paper a systematic hardware platform selection process based on hardware attributes is presented. Moreover, it is proposed how to integrate this approach in the embedded systems education.