HLD methodology in embedded systems design with a multilevel reconfiguration

Creation of embedded systems with multilevel reconfiguration mechanisms is an actual and not trivial problem. Stages of initial requirements system analysis, generation of architectural and micro-architectural decisions, as well as their evaluation, are crucial in a conceptual part of embedded systems design process. These are the stages, which are the most problematic for “end to end” automation. As the basic tools of designer's work quality and productivity improvement, the authors consider the means of the formalized problem representation in the following “design domains”: computational process organization, architectural and micro-architectural solutions design space, project framework. In the article, within the framework of HLD methodology of embedded systems design, configuration and programming mechanisms are analyzed and the necessity of the reconfiguration mechanism generalized treatment, invariant to its hardware-software implementation, is justified.