Embedded Systems: An Integrated Approach by Pearson

Introduction

 is chapter is meant to provide an overview of two important topics: the fi rst is that

of the current viewpoint with respect to embedded system design. Over the years, it

has been realized that a system that employs both hardware and software should not

consider each of them as separate and isolated aspects.  ere can be profi table trade-off s

between the two, and they need to be looked at as mutually dependant, and therefore

the current thinking is that design should be a co-design, in which the two partners, i.e.,

the hardware and software design teams, continually communicate and interact, with the

willingness to make modifi ...