A Tool for Supporting and Automating the Development of Component-based Embedded Systems.

Abstract

Embedded systems are comprised of hardware and software and usually run dedicated applications in environments with highly restricted resources, such as memory constrained devices, microcontrollers with low processing power, and wireless sensors running on batteries. These systems must exactly match applications’ requirements, with minimum support. The growth in application complexity and even more strong constraints demand new approaches, methodologies, and tools to assist embedded systems development. Usually, in this domain, reuse of components, architectural transparency, low overhead, and recongurability are essential features. The ApplicationOriented System Design (AOSD) method was created to deal with these issues, and aims at guiding the development of embedded systems that exactly match application requirements. To deliver each application a tailored run-time support system calls for a good combination of object oriented techniques, the separation of functional and non-functional aspects, some implementation techniques, and a sophisticated tool that helps the developer in managing component congurations and automating the