Design of Embedded Systems

• Task partitioning between hardware and software

• Hardware design and integration

• Software development

• System integration

• Test strategies

Designing Embedded Systems

Partitioning

• Many tasks can be performed in hardware or in software – for example: timing.

• The choice between hardware and software is driven by considerations of speed, cost, need for flexibility in modification of underlying algorithms.

• Hardware adds a “per unit cost” – where as software adds a “fixed cost”.

• Typically, only those functions are implemented in hardware whose speed specifications cannot be met by software solution.

Design Methodology Tips

Waterfall Development cycle

Where Design Time is spent?

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