Model for software power estimation of an 8-bit microcontroller

Author

Dochia, Rãzvan ; Bogdan, Daniela ; Burileanu, Corneliu

Author_Institution

Microchip Technol., Bucharest, Romania

Volume

2

fYear

2011

fDate

17-19 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

443

Lastpage

446

Abstract

Over the last years, power has became a primary consideration in hardware design, and it is critical in computer systems especially for portable devices where the batteries should last long before they need to be replaced or recharged. Starting from this consideration the paper presents a model for estimation of power consumption of an 8-bit microcontroller early in the design cycle of embedded software. The tool analyses the assembly code being executed and provides an estimate of its average power consumption.

Keywords

electronic engineering computing; embedded systems; instruction sets; integrated circuit design; microcontrollers; power aware computing; 8-bit microcontroller; assembly code; batteries; computer systems; embedded software; hardware design; software power estimation; Computational modeling; Estimation; Integrated circuit modeling; Mathematical model; Microcontrollers; Power demand; Software; instruction set characterization; microcontroller simulator; power characterization; power estimation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Conference (CAS), 2011 International

Conference_Location

Sinaia

ISSN

1545-827X

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-173-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMICND.2011.6095842

Filename

6095842