Embedded UML: a merger of real-time UML and co-design

Author

Martin, Grant ; Lavagno, Luciano ; Louis-Guerin, Jean

Author_Institution

Cadence Design Syst. Inc., San Jose, CA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

28

Abstract

In this paper, we present a proposal for a UML profile called `Embedded UML´. Embedded UML represents a synthesis of various ideas in the real-time UML community, and concepts drawn from the Hardware-Software co-design field. Embedded UML first selects from among the competing real-time UML proposals, the set of ideas which best allow specification and analysis of mixed HW-SW systems. It then adds the necessary concept of underlying deployment architecture that UML currently lacks in complete form, using the notion of an embedded HW-SW `platform´. It supplements this with the concept of a `mapping´, which is a platform-dependent refinement mechanism that allows efficient generation of an optimised implementation of the executable specification in both HW and SW. Finally, it provides an approach which supports the development of automated analysis, simulation, synthesis and code generation tool capabilities which can be provided for design usage even while the embedded UML standardisation process takes place

Keywords

embedded systems; hardware-software codesign; program compilers; specification languages; code generation tool; embedded UML; hardware software codesign; platform-dependent refinement mechanism; real-time UML; specification; Analytical models; Corporate acquisitions; Design optimization; Embedded system; Object oriented modeling; Permission; Proposals; Real time systems; Rivers; Unified modeling language;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Hardware/Software Codesign, 2001. CODES 2001. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Copenhagen

Print_ISBN

1-58113-364-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HSC.2001.924645

Filename

924645