Embedded SW design space exploration and automation using UML-based tools

Abstract

This tutorial discusses design space exploration and software automation based on an UML front-end. First, we review software automation tools targeted at the embedded systems domain. Following, we present an approach for the estimation of memory, performance, and energy of a given application modeled from an initial UML specification. We proceed with an analysis of the possibilities of linking different modeling environments for software generation (Simulink and UML, for example). Finally, we show the possibilities of using other specification languages to obtain more abstraction and allow design space exploration together with software automation. © International Federation for Information Processing 2007.