Advanced Digital Systems Design Methodology Dr. Tassadaq Hussain www.tassadaq.ucerd.com
Computing Platforms for Digital Systems Application Specific Integrated Circuit [ASIC] Fixed: No Hardware Updates Low Power Expensive to fabricate: >1M$ Microprocessor Flexible: General Workload Low Performance Field Programmable Gate Array [FPGA] Programmable after Fabrication Software like Flexibility ASIC like Performance
Takeaway Embedded Systems: Components of a typical ES: Information processing systems Dedicated towards a certain application Components of a typical ES: Observing: Input sensors Computation and Communication Influencing: Output sensors Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) = ES + Physical World Embedded Systems Design Process Modeling Design Analysis
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