Introduction-(edited)-Setha.ppt

Introduction to
Embedded
Systems

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Objectives
• Introduction to embedded systems
• Embedded system components
• Hardware
• Software
• Embedded system programming
Introduction to Embedded Systems Setha Pan-ngum

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Contents
• Introduction to embedded systems
• Software engineering
• Computer architecture
• Operating systems
• Digital systems
• Programming practice
• Theory for practical works

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Y. Williams Csci-339, Spring 2002 20
Wireless Communications
Hand-held GPS Units
Telematics System for Automobiles
Slide credit Y Williams, GWU

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Robotics Control
Spider robot – constructed with LEGO Mindstorms Components

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More examples
Smart Toys

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Slide credit S. Kowalewski Aachen University

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Slide credit P Koopman, CMU

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Definition
 “Any sort of device which includes a
programmable computer but itself is not
intended to be a general-purpose
computer”
 Wayne Wolf

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Definition

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Embedded systems overview
 Computing systems are everywhere
 Most of us think of “desktop” computers
– PC’s
– Laptops
– Mainframes
– Servers
 But there’s another type of computing system
– Far more common...
Slide credit Vahid/Givargis, Embedded Systems Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction, 2000

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Embedded systems overview
 Embedded computing systems
– Computing systems embedded
within electronic devices
– Hard to define. Nearly any
computing system other than a
desktop computer
– Billions of units produced yearly,
versus millions of desktop units
– Perhaps 50 per household and per
automobile
Slide credit Vahid/Givargis, Embedded Systems Design: A Unified
Hardware/Software Introduction, 2000
Computers are in here...
and here...
and even here...
Lots more of these,
though they cost a lot
less each.

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A “short list” of embedded
systems
And the list goes on and on
Anti-lock brakes
Auto-focus cameras
Automatic teller machines
Automatic toll systems
Automatic transmission
Avionic systems
Battery chargers
Camcorders
Cell phones
Cell-phone base stations
Cordless phones
Cruise control
Curbside check-in systems
Digital cameras
Disk drives
Electronic card readers
Electronic instruments
Electronic toys/games
Factory control
Fax machines
Fingerprint identifiers
Home security systems
Life-support systems
Medical testing systems
Modems
MPEG decoders
Network cards
Network switches/routers
On-board navigation
Pagers
Photocopiers
Point-of-sale systems
Portable video games
Printers
Satellite phones
Scanners
Smart ovens/dishwashers
Speech recognizers
Stereo systems
Teleconferencing systems
Televisions
Temperature controllers
Theft tracking systems
TV set-top boxes
VCR’s, DVD players
Video game consoles
Video phones
Washers and dryers

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How many do we use?
 Average middle-class American home has 40 to
50 embedded processors in it
– Microwave, washer, dryer, dishwasher, TV, VCR,
stereo, hair dryer, coffee maker, remote control,
humidifier, heater, toys, etc.
 Luxury cars have over 60 embedded processors
– Brakes, steering, windows, locks, ignition, dashboard
displays, transmission, mirrors, etc.
 Personal computers have over 10 embedded
processors
– Graphics accelerator, mouse, keyboard, hard-drive, CD-
ROM, bus interface, network card, etc.
- Mike Schulte

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Embedded Systems = ระบบฝัง
ตัว
 คิดถึงคอมพิวเตอร์ พีซี เรานึกถึง
– Processor, Clock speed, ROM/RAM
 พูดถึงเครื่องใช ้ไฟฟ้าทั่วไป เรานึกถึง
ทีวี - ขนาดจอ, เทคโนโลยีการฉายภาพ
เครื่องซักผ ้า - ขนาดความจุ, ระบบซัก
แอร์ - BTU ลักษณะการติดตั้ง
โทรศัพท์มื่อถือ - จอ กล ้อง
รถยนต์ - ขนาดเครื่องยนต์ สมรรถนะ

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Types of Embedded Systems

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Types of Embedded Systems
Slide credit S. Kowalewski Aachen University

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Typical Embedded Systems
 Are designed to observed (through sensors)
and control something (through actuators)
E.g. air condition senses room temperature and
maintains it at set temperature via thermostat.

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Embedded System Block Diagram
Processor
mem
Observe
(Input)
Control
(Output) Motor/Light
Temperature
Sensor
System
Bus

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Processors
 Microprocessors for PCs
 Embedded processors or Microcontrollers
for embedded systems
– Often with lower clock speeds
– Integrated with memory and
– I/O devices e.g. A/D D/A PWM CAN
– Higher environmental specs

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Microcontrollers dominates processor market

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There are so many microcontrollers in the
world

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Types of Embedded Processors
 Computational micros (32- or 64-bit datapaths)
– CPU of workstations, PCs, or high-end portable devices (PDAs)
– x86, PA-RISC, PowerPC, SPARC, etc.
 Embedded general purpose micros (32-bit datapaths)
– Designed for a wide range of embedded applications
– Often scaled-down version of computational micros
– ARM, PowerPC, MIPS, x86, 68K, etc.
 Microcontrollers (4-, 8-, or 16-bit datapaths)
– Integrate processing unit, memory, I/O buses, and peripherals
– Often low-cost, high-volume devices
 Domain-specific processors (datapath size varies greatly)
– Designed for a particular application domain
– Digital signal processors, multimedia processors, graphics
processors, network processors, security processors, etc.
Slide credit - Mike Schulte

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Processor Sales Data

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Processor Market
 2001 processor market by volume:
– Computational micros: 2%
– Embedded general-purpose micros: 11%
– DSPs: 10%
– Microcontrollers: 80%
 2001 processor market by revenue:
– Computational micros: 51%
– Embedded general-purpose micros: 8%
– DSPs: 13%
– Microcontrollers: 28%
 Higher growth expected for embedded micros, DSPs, and
microcontrollers

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Growing Demand
 Embedded
processors account
for
– Over 97% of total
processors sold
– Over 60% of total
sales from processors
 Sales expected to
increase by roughly
15% each year

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Moore’s Law
Slide credit – W Fornaciari

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Number of Transistors on Chips
Slide credit – T Givargis

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Graphical illustration of Moore’s law
1981 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002
Leading edge
chip in 1981
10,000
transistors
Leading edge
chip in 2002
150,000,000
transistors

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Some common characteristics of embedded
systems
 Single-functioned
– Executes a single program, repeatedly
 Tightly-constrained
– Low cost, low power, small, fast, etc.
 Reactive and real-time
– Continually reacts to changes in the system’s
environment
– Must compute certain results in real-time
without delay

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Characteristics of Embedded Systems
 Application-specific functionality – specialized for one or one
class of applications
 Deadline constrained operation – system may have to perform
its function(s) within specific time periods to achieve successful
results
 Resource challenged – systems typically are configured with a
modest set of resources to meet the performance objectives
 Power efficient – many systems are battery-powered and must
conserve power to maximize the usable life of the system.
 Form factor – many systems are light weight and low volume to
be used as components in host systems
 Manufacturable – usually small and inexpensive to manufacture
based on the size and low complexity of the hardware.
Slide credit Y William, GWU

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Design Constraints
Slide credit – P Koopman, CMU

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Design Challenges
 Does it really work?
– Is the specification correct?
– Does the implementation meet the spec?
– How do we test for real-time characteristics?
– How do we test on real data?
 How do we work on the system?
– Observability, controllability?
– What is our development platform?
 More importantly – optimising design
metrics!!

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Design Metrics
• Common metrics
• Unit cost: the monetary cost of manufacturing each copy of the
system, excluding NRE cost
• NRE cost (Non-Recurring Engineering cost):
The one-time monetary cost of designing the system
• Size: the physical space required by the system
• Performance: the execution time or throughput of the system
• Power: the amount of power consumed by the system
• Flexibility: the ability to change the functionality of the
system without incurring heavy NRE cost
Slide credit Vahid/Givargis, Embedded Systems Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction

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Design Metrics
• Common metrics (continued)
• Time-to-prototype: the time needed to build a working
version of the system
• Time-to-market: the time required to develop a system to
the point that it can be released and sold to customers
• Maintainability: the ability to modify the system after its
initial release
• Correctness, safety, many more
Slide credit Vahid/Givargis, Embedded Systems Design: A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction

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Trade-off in Design Metrics
 Expertise with both
software and hardware
is needed to optimize
design metrics
– Not just a hardware or
software expert, as is
common
– A designer must be
comfortable with various
technologies in order to
choose the best for a given
application and constraints
Slide credit Vahid/Givargis, Embedded Systems Design:
A Unified Hardware/Software Introduction
Size
Performance
Power
NRE cost

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Time-to-market: a demanding design
metric
 Time required to develop
a product to the point it
can be sold to customers
 Market window
– Period during which the
product would have highest
sales
 Average time-to-market
constraint is about 8
months
 Delays can be costly
Slide credit Vahid/Givargis, Embedded Systems Design: A
Unified Hardware/Software Introduction
Revenues
($)
Time (months)

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Losses due to delayed market
entry
 Simplified revenue model
– Product life = 2W, peak at W
– Time of market entry defines
a triangle, representing
market penetration
– Triangle area equals revenue
 Loss
– The difference between the
on-time and delayed triangle
areas
Slide credit Vahid/Givargis, Embedded Systems
Design: A Unified Hardware/Software
Introduction
On-time Delayed
entry entry
Peak revenue
Peak revenue from
delayed entry
Market rise Market fall
W 2W
Time
D
On-time
Delayed
Revenues
($)

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Other Design Considerations
 Dependability
– Reliability: probability of system working
correctly provided that it worked at time t=0
– Maintainability: probability of system working
correctly d time units after error occurred.
[Some systems require no maintenance
throughout their operating lives (e.g. electric
kettles, computer keyboards), while some may
need it such as mobile phones and airplane
flight control (software upgrade)]

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 Dependability
– Availability: probability of system working at
time t
– Safety
– Security: in communication
Basically, critical applications have to operate
correctly at all time e.g. airplane flight control
computer. This includes both hardware and
software aspects.

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Example of System Fault
Slide credit B. Pahami

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 Operating environment
Some engine Electronic Control Units (ECUs) in
cars are located under the bonnets. So they have
to work at high temperature, as well as dusty
and wet environment.
 EMI (Electromagnetic Interference)

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Real-Time Consideration
 Correct operation of real-time systems
means:
– Working correctly (functionally correct)
– Producing outputs in time!
 i.e. correct result at the right time

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Hard Real-time
 System designed to meet all deadlines
 A missed deadline is a design flaw
 For examples: ABS brake, nuclear reactor
monitoring system
 System hardware (over) designed for worst-
case performance
 System software rigorously tested
 Formal proofs used to guarantee timing
correctness

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Firm Real-time
 System designed to meet all deadlines, but
occasional missed deadline is allowed
– Sometimes statistically quantified (e.g. 5%
misses)
 For examples: multimedia systems
 System hardware designed for average case
performance
 System software tested under average
(ideal) conditions

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Soft Real-time
 System designed to meet as many deadlines
as possible
– Best effort to complete within specified time,
but may be late
 For examples: network switch or router
 System hardware designed for average case
performance
 System software tested under averaged
(ideal) conditions

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Deadlines
• Deadline: maximum time before
a task must complete
• The profit associated with execution of a task
is after the deadline:
– Hard deadline: negative
– Firm deadline: 0 (either make
it or just don’t do it)
– Soft deadline: decreasing
with time
tim
e
d
task
profit
d
tim
e
soft
firm
hard
Slide taken from J.J Lukkien
Real-time Systems Deadlines

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Levels of Embedded System Design
Slide credit – Ingo Sander

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Design Abstraction

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Abstraction Levels

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Abstraction Levels

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Abstraction Levels

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Abstraction Level

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Hardware vs Software
 Many functions can be done by software on
a general purpose microprocessor OR by
hardware on an application specific ICs
(ASICs)
 For examples: game console graphic, PWM,
PID control
 Leads to Hardware/Software Co-design
concept

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Hardware or Software?
 Where to place functionality?
– ex: A Sort algorithm
» Faster in hardware, but more expensive.
» More flexible in software but slower.
» Other examples?
 Must be able to explore these various trade-offs:
– Cost.
– Speed.
– Reliability.
– Form (size, weight, and power constraints.)
Slide credit - W. McUmber, MSU

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Embedded
Application-Specific
Processors
Embedded
Domain-Specific
Processors
General-Purpose
Processors
FFT Processors
MPEG Processors
FIR Processors
Graphics Processors
DSP Processors
Network Processors
Workstations
Personal Computers
Power/Performance
Programmability and Flexibility

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General-purpose processors
 Programmable device used in a variety of
applications
– Also known as “microprocessor”
 Features
– Program memory
– General datapath with large register file and
general ALU
 User benefits
– Low time-to-market and NRE costs
– High flexibility
 “Pentium” the most well-known, but
there are hundreds of others
IR PC
Register
file
General
ALU
Datapath
Controller
Program
memory
Assembly code
for:
total = 0
for i =1 to …
Control
logic and
State register
Data
memory

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Single-purpose processors
 Digital circuit designed to execute exactly
one program
– a.k.a. coprocessor, accelerator or peripheral
 Features
– Contains only the components needed to
execute a single program
– No program memory
 Benefits
– Fast
– Low power
– Small size
Datapath
Controller
Control
logic
State
register
Data
memory
index
total
+

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Application-specific processors
 Programmable processor optimized for a
particular class of applications having
common characteristics
– Compromise between general-purpose and
single-purpose processors
 Features
– Program memory
– Optimized datapath
– Special functional units
 Benefits
– Some flexibility, good performance, size and
power
 DSP จัดอยู่ในประเภทนี้ด ้วย
IR PC
Registers
Custom
ALU
Datapath
Controller
Program
memory
Assembly code
for:
total = 0
for i =1 to …
Control
logic and
State register
Data
memory

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FPGA Architecture
FPGA layout with Configurable Logic Blocks (CLB) and I/O Blocks (IOB) (credit: Katz’s Contemporary Logic Design)
IOB IOB IOB IOB
CLB CLB
CLB CLB
IOB
IOB
IOB
IOB
Wiring Channels
Typical CLB (credit: www.wikipedia.com)
Programmable switch at wiring intersection
(credit: www.wikipedia.com)

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 Highly constrained products tend to use
application specific processors
– Many mobile phones (power&size constrained)
contain ARM chips
– Hi-Fi (high performance&time constrained)
contain DSP chips

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Software Costs

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Future Embedded Systems

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