Modern Approaches to System Design Using Components of the Information and Communication Technologies
In the course of the development of embedded electronic systems, the duration in between specification and operational prototype is of crucial importance. An essential increase in productivity can be achieved through the use of operating systems, owing to which the application is decoupled from the hardware used as a basis.
Particular importance is attributed to the freely available operating systems
- Linux,
- eCos and
- TinyOS
for use in embedded environments.
The integration of system components represents a challenge because of the strong diversification of possible components.
At the Department of System Design, competence has been built up thanks to the continuous work on industrial R&D projects in the areas of
- communication via serial buses (Ethernet, IEEE 1394,CAN , field buses, USB, serial-ATA),
- communication via wireless media (GSM/GPRS, WLAN, IEEE 802.15.4, Bluetooth),
- networked systems (wire-bound, wireless), and
- energy-autonomous operation of system components.
State-of-the-art software technologies such as middleware platforms are of major significance during the realization of networked systems. The research results achieved are utilized primarily in the areas of automation engineering and communication technology.
