A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering. Johannesburg, 1996. / This report examines the major factors influencing the development of
embedded systems. The discussion covers, among other aspects, features of
embedded systems that are common to software development in general, the
main characteristics of embedded systems, some of the current development
strategies, the mlcrocontroller market, language issues and development tools.
Following the assessment study and a practical embedded system
development, the report concludes that although: I embedded systems are
typified by relatively few lines of codes, their complex nature necessitates the
application of a disciplined development approach. The report presents a riskbased
hardware-software co-design development approach in an attempt to
reconcile the existing formal development models to the technical realities of
embedded systems.
A practical embedded system case study is presented, It involves the
development of a microcontroller-based system for the three-phase inverter of
an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/20577 |
| Date | 14 July 2016 |
| Creators | Bapoo, Hansraj |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
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