Integrated design process with MESA/MERLAN

In this paper, a methodology for the design of microelectronic systems which include hardware and software for open-loop and closed-loop control will be presented. An integrated approach to specification and design, analysis and simulation of the overall system has been developed. This provides for a systematic, computer aided approach to requirements definition, specification and design as well as verification and validation of the results. As embedded systems often require real-time capabilities, the environment presented gives special consideration to these constraints. For verification purpose of the developed design and specification methodology a software prototype has been implemented and used in concrete example applications, which is also presented in this paper.