Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2005. / Title from title page screen, viewed September 22, 2006. Dissertation Committee: James Kalmbach (chair), Ron Fortune, Doug Hesse. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 156-160) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 89 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-89).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Canterbury, 2007. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-197). Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Texas at El Paso, 2007. / Title from title screen. Vita. CD-ROM. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

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Report (M.S.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1994. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 59). Also available via the Internet.

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[pt] Esta dissertação descreve a concepção de uma arquitetura de computador com conjunto reduzido de instruções, otimizada para uso com linguagens de programação calcadas no paradigma da orientação a objetos. Buscou-se aliar as mais modernas tecnologias utilizadas nas arquiteturas dos processadores de última geração a um conjunto de características que, empregadas corretamente e em união com ferrramentas de programação adequadas, visam reduzir o impacto no desempenho à que normalmente são submetidos os sistemas baseados em objetos. Aparte da linha seguida pela Comunidade Científica nesta área, não se buscou uma nova estrutura de armazenamento ou de processamentos dos dados. Ao contrário, desde o início foi objetivo utilizar ao máximo a experiência acumulada com pouco mais de duas décadas de microprocessadores para se projetar um arquitetura genérica, porém com algumas caracterísitcas especiais. / [en] This dissertation describes the conception of a reduced instruction set computer architecture, optimized for the use with programming languages based on the object orientation paradigm. The aim was to bond the most recent technologies used in the last generation processors to a set of characteristics that, when used correctly and in conjunction with adequate programming tools, tend to reduce the performance impact that are usually submitted the systems based upon objects. Apart from the line followed by the Scientific Community in this area, a new storage or data processing structure was not aimed. On the contrary, from the beginning it has been the target to use the experience accumulated in a little more than two decades of microprocessors at most, to design a generic architecture, but with a few special characteristics.

Frameworks have been used since the early eighties. Now that frameworks are becoming increasingly popular, several problems are surfacing. Those problems can be categorized into evolution problems (i.e. problems with changes over time) and composition problems (i.e. problems that occur when more than one framework is used in an application). This master thesis focusses on preventing these problems in an early stage in the development of a framework. Guidelines for building OO Frameworks are presented and the guidelines are tried out in the domain of communication protocols.

Abstract Building an embedded system from an idea to a product is a slow and expensive process requiring a lot of expertise. Depending on the developer’s expertise, the required quantity and price level of the final product, and the time and money available for development, the developer can build a device from different granularity of components, ranging from ready-made platforms, kits, and modules to individual components. Generally, solutions requiring less expertise, time and money produce products with higher production costs. The main contribution of this thesis is the EOC (Embedded Object Concept) and Atomi II Framework. EOC utilizes common object-oriented methods used in software by applying them to small electronic modules, which create complete functional entities. The conceptual idea of the embedded objects is implemented with the Atomi II framework, which contains several techniques for making the EOC a commercially feasible implementation. The EOC and the Atomi II Framework decreases the difficulty level of making embedded systems by enabling a use of ready-made modules to build systems. It enables automatic conversion of a device made from such modules into an integrated PCB, lowering production costs compared to other modular approaches. Furthermore, it also enables an automatic production tester generation due to its modularity. These properties lower the number of skills required for building an embedded system and quicken the path from an idea to a commercially applicable device. A developer can also build custom modules of his own if he possesses the required expertise. The test cases demonstrate the Atomi II Framework techniques in real world applications, and demonstrate the capabilities of Atomi objects. According to our test cases and estimations, an Atomi based device becomes approximately 10% more expensive than a device built from individual components, but saves up to 50% time, making it feasible to manufacture up to 10-50k quantities with this approach.