General Information

• Introduction
• Partners
• Embedded Systems Definition
• Embedded Systems History
• Background Documents
• Site Map

System View

• ASIC
• Application Software Development
• Feature Design
• Software Architecture Definition
• Software Coding
• Software Module Definition
• Software Requirements Specification
• Software Testing and Integration
• Software Validation
• Task Design
• Buses and Networks for Embedded Systems
• Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated (ARINC)
• Controller Area Network (CAN)
• Ethernet
• FlexRay
• Local Interconnect Network (LIN)
• Network Processor
• OSEK
• Sensor Networks
• DSP
• ALU: Arithmetic Logic Unit
• Computational Unit
• Instruction Cache
• L1 Data Cache
• MAC: Multiply and ACcumulate Unit
• Shifter Unit
• Direct Memory Access (DMA)
• Electronic Control Unit (ECU)
• Embedded Operating System
• Device Drivers
• File System Management
• Inter-task Communication and Synchronisation
• Memory Management
• Scheduler
• Frame Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)
• Hardware Node
• Floating Point Unit (FPU)
• Memory Caches
• Processor Core
• Middleware

Product Lifecycle View

• Application Software Development
• Feature Design
• Software Architecture Definition
• Software Coding
• Software Module Definition
• Software Requirements Specification
• Software Testing and Integration
• Software Validation
• Task Design
• Certification
• DO-160F Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment
• DO-178B Certification Standard for Avionics
• DO-254 Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware
• EN-5012X / EN-50128 / EN-50129
• FDA-21 CFR
• IEC 60601-1 Medical electrical equipment
• IEC 60880-2 Nuclear Power
• IEC 61508 Functional safety of electrical / electronic / programmable electronic safety-related systems
• ISO-26262 Functional Safety in Automotive Electronics
• Environmental Modeling
• Hardware / Software Integration
• Build Prototype
• Simple Automated Testing
• Hardware Verification
• Formal Methods
• Model Checking
• Lifecycle Management
• Change Management
• Configuration Management
• Product Data Management
• Requirements Management
• Maintenance
• Fault Correction
• Performance Improvements
• Upgrades
• Product Release / Deployment
• Product Requirements Specification
• Architectural Requirements
• Functional Requirements
• Industrial / Business Requirements
• Lifecycle Requirements
• Physical Requirements
• Software Non-functional Requirements
• Software Design Reuse
• Company-internal reuse
• Programmer-level reuse
• Reuse of third-party software
• Software reuse within an accompanying architecture
• Use Cases
• Actors
• Assumptions
• Description (Use Case)
• Identifier, Version
• Initial State
• Issues
• Non-functional Requirements
• Scenario
• Triggers
• Variations

Design Methods View

• Application Software Development
• Feature Design
• Software Architecture Definition
• Software Coding
• Software Module Definition
• Software Requirements Specification
• Software Testing and Integration
• Software Validation
• Task Design
• Maintenance
• Fault Correction
• Performance Improvements
• Upgrades
• Product Release / Deployment
• Product Requirements Specification
• Architectural Requirements
• Functional Requirements
• Industrial / Business Requirements
• Lifecycle Requirements
• Physical Requirements
• Software Non-functional Requirements

Design Tools View

• Application Software Development
• Feature Design
• Software Architecture Definition
• Software Coding
• Software Module Definition
• Software Requirements Specification
• Software Testing and Integration
• Software Validation
• Task Design
• Certification
• DO-160F Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment
• DO-178B Certification Standard for Avionics
• DO-254 Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware
• EN-5012X / EN-50128 / EN-50129
• FDA-21 CFR
• IEC 60601-1 Medical electrical equipment
• IEC 60880-2 Nuclear Power
• IEC 61508 Functional safety of electrical / electronic / programmable electronic safety-related systems
• ISO-26262 Functional Safety in Automotive Electronics
• Code Generation
• Control Flow Analysis
• Data Flow Analysis
• Environmental Modeling
• Executable image(s)
• Initial Data
• Machine Instructions
• Hardware Verification
• Formal Methods
• Model Checking
• Lifecycle Management
• Change Management
• Configuration Management
• Product Data Management
• Requirements Management
• Maintenance
• Fault Correction
• Performance Improvements
• Upgrades
• Middleware
• Product Release / Deployment
• Product Requirements Specification
• Architectural Requirements
• Functional Requirements
• Industrial / Business Requirements
• Lifecycle Requirements
• Physical Requirements
• Software Non-functional Requirements
• Use Cases
• Actors
• Assumptions
• Description (Use Case)
• Identifier, Version
• Initial State
• Issues
• Non-functional Requirements
• Scenario
• Triggers
• Variations

Architecture Examples

• Airbus A380 - Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA)
• A380 Core Processor Input/output Module (CPIOM)
• CPIOM - Avionics Partitions
• CPIOM Basic Software
• CPIOM Hardware
• Development Assurance Level (DAL)
• Autosar: Layered Software Architecture
• AUTOSAR ECU Abstraction Layer
• AUTOSAR Micro-controller Abstraction Layer
• AUTOSAR Runtime Environment (RTE)
• AUTOSAR Services Layer
• Application Layer
• Autosar: Mapping Software Components to ECUs
• ECU (AUTOSAR)
• Software Components (SW-C) (AUTOSAR)
• Virtual Functional Bus (AUTOSAR)
• LiMo - Linux Mobile
• Remote IO Module - RIOM