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Feature-Based Component Model for Design of Embedded Systems

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Author(s)

XuanFang Zha, Ram D. Sriram

Abstract

An embedded system is a hybrid of hardware and software, which combines software?s flexibility and hardware real-time performance. Embedded systems can be considered as assemblies of hardware and software components. An Open Embedded System Model (OESM) is currently being developed at NIST to provide a standard representation and exchange protocol for embedded systems and system-level design, simulation, and testing information. This paper proposes an approach to representing an embedded system feature-based model in OESM, i.e., Open Embedded System Feature Model (OESFM), addressing models of embedded system artifacts, embedded system components, embedded system features, and embedded system configuration/assembly. The approach provides an object-oriented UML (Unified Modeling Language) representation for the embedded system feature model and defines an extension to the NIST Core Product Model. The model provides a feature-based component framework allowing the designer to develop a virtual embedded system prototype through assembling virtual components. The framework not only provides a formal precise model of the embedded system prototype but also offers the possibility of designing variation of prototypes whose members are derived by changing certain virtual components with different features. A case study example is discussed to illustrate the embedded system model.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 2004 SPIE''s International Symposium on Optics East
Conference Dates
October 25-28, 2004
Conference Location
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Conference Title
Conference on Intelligent Systems in Design and Manufacturing VI (OE111)

Keywords

component-based approach, Embedded system, feature-based modeling, object-oriented representation, UML

Citation

Zha, X. and Sriram, R. (2004), Feature-Based Component Model for Design of Embedded Systems, Proceedings of the 2004 SPIE''s International Symposium on Optics East, Philadelphia, PA, USA, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=822214 (Accessed October 2, 2025)

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Created October 31, 2004, Updated October 12, 2021
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