Design and implementation of layer architecture software modules for LCD TV systems

Author

Bai, Ying-Wen ; Chen, Hong-Ji

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Fu Jen Catholic Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

51

Issue

2

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

725

Lastpage

730

Abstract

Due to the need of compatibility between software and hardware modules of a LCD TV system, we propose a software design with layer architecture for a LCD TV system. With the layer architecture, we need only modify the device driver layer for the different chip sets and the user interface layer for the different operating systems. With this advantage we can shorten the product design cycle for the different chip sets by the reusing most of the previous software modules. To reduce the design complexity of the LCD TV system, we adopt the mechanism of the state/event matrix and message queue instead of the complicated state machine design to control the TV system operation.

Keywords

liquid crystal displays; software architecture; television equipment; user interfaces; LCD TV systems; chip sets; device driver layer; event matrix; layer architecture software modules; message queue; software design; state matrix; user interface layer; Cathode ray tubes; Computer architecture; Costs; Electronic mail; Hardware; Product design; Software design; TV; User interfaces; Web page design;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2005.1468025

Filename

1468025