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• TITLE: New Approach for Hardware/Software Embedded System Conception Based on the Use of Design Patterns

  AUTHORS: Yassine Manai, Joseph Haggège, Mohamed Benrejeb

  KEYWORDS: Embedded Systems, Design Patterns, Smartcell, Hardware/Software Partitioning, Intellectual Property

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Software Engineering and Applications, Vol.3 No.6, June 24, 2010

  ABSTRACT: This paper deals with a new hardware/software embedded system design methodology based on design pattern approach by development of a new design tool called smartcell. Three main constraints of embedded systems design process are investigated: the complexity, the partitioning between hardware and software aspects and the reusability. Two intermediate models are carried out in order to solve the complexity problem. The partitioning problem deals with the proposed hardware/software partitioning algorithm based on Ant Colony Optimisation. The reusability problem is resolved by synthesis of intellectual property blocks. Specification and integration of an intelligent controller on heterogeneous platform are considered to illustrate the proposed approach.