Target software generation: an approach for automatic mapping of SystemC specifications onto real-time operating systems

摘要

In this paper we present a new approach for automated target code generation for given real-time operating systems out of SystemC to support platform independent software development. Since SystemC becomes the most important language in electronic system level design, the support of a seamless design flow becomes an important task. During the system design process, SystemC is used to develop a "Golden Reference Model" that provides a well-suited platform for specification, simulation, and verification of embedded systems. Based on the "Golden Reference Model," an important task of the design process is to map applications, that have been described either in C++ or directly in SystemC, to the specific real-time operating system which is running at the target processor. Since a manual mapping approach is time-consuming and error-prone, the mapping process should be performed automatically. This paper presents a new method for automated generation of code for a specified operating system just by using an abstract XML representation of the RTOS API.