Hardware/software co-design of embedded systems using multiple formalisms for application development
Abstract
In this paper a co-design methodology based on multiformalism modeling is presented. It defines a platform that integrates different notations and, the necessary mechanisms to handle different in nature models in a coherent way. The supported formalisms cover a wide area of application domains, allowing the designer to select the notations that are mostly appropriate for his application. The proposed co-design development cycle provides a full blown path from system specification to a virtual prototype of the system under construction. Its effectiveness is depicted through its use for the design and implementation of a MAC layer protocol, named MASCARA, for providing ATM QoS over wireless connections.
