A Study on Power Optimization Techniques in PSoC

Since embedded systems have such a wide range of applications in today’s time, there is a pressing need to meet the design requirements such as power consumption, cost, time to market, flexibility and robustness. Power consumption by embedded systems is a particularly critical issue. This paper is a starting point for understanding power aware design methodologies, and it reviews the various techniques of designing power efficient embedded systems using Programmable System on Chip (PSoC). PSoC is a true programmable embedded SoC (System on Chip) which integrates configurable analog and digital components, memory and a microcontroller on a single chip thus providing high level of flexibility and configurability.