Technische Dokumentation von Soft- und Hardware in Eingebetteten Systemen (Technical Documentation of Soft- and Hardware in Embedded Systems)

Embedded Systems are characterized by the presence of software and hardware components. They are integrated into products such as mobile phones, cameras, TV sets, cars, etc. Due to the size of embedded systems and the reuse of components documentation of them becomes more important. Although the importance of documentation has increased over the years, it is still a largely neglected part of the development process. In this paper we discuss the integration of the technical documentation in the software and hardware development processes. Therefore, we analyze and evaluate classical software and hardware development models with regard to technical documentation. Furthermore, we present a workflow for documentation which is derived from practical experience and can be integrated in existing software and hardware development models. As a proof of concept we present an approach for the integration of documentation techniques into a development workflow.