This paper proposes a scratchpad memory allocation technique for stack data to achieve predictability for hard real-time embedded systems. First, we suggest a profiling-based source code modification technique to make the whole stack area fit in the given scratchpad memory size. Furthermore, even though the whole stack area cannot fit in the scratchpad memory size, we propose another scratchpad...

In this work we propose the intensive use of embedded memory blocks and logic blocks of the FPGA device for signature matching. In our approach we arrange signatures in memory arrays (MA) of embedded memory blocks, so that every signature is matched in one clock cycle. The matching logic is shared among all the signatures in one MA. In addition, we propose a character recodification method that...

Non volatile memories have in recent years become an established component of all electronic systems, especially portable systems. The general trend towards a higher level of integration and speed are pushing towards their integration with complex logic – embedded nonvolatile memory. Non Volatile memory research in the NMRC, which was stimulated by a Marie Curie Fellowship, has focused on the m...

L4 is a small microkernel that is used as a basis for several operating systems. L4 seems an ideal basis for embedded systems that possess and use memory protection. It could provide a reliable, robust, and secure embedded platform. This paper examines L4’s suitability as a basis for trustworthy embedded systems. It motivates the use of a microkernel, introduces L4 in particular as an example m...

This paper describes the design and implementation of a hybrid intelligent surveillance system consisting of an embedded system and a personal computer (PC)-based system. The embedded system performs some of the image processing tasks and sends the processed data to a PC. The PC tracks persons and recognizes two-person interactions by using a grayscale side-view image sequence captured by a sta...