Design of High-Performance Embedded System using Model Integrated Computing

Model Integrated Computing (MIC) promotes the use of models as a “backbone” of model-integrated system development. In this paper, we study the use of MIC to design a heterogeneous high-performance, low-power embedded system. Use of MIC enabled us to accommodate evolving performance requirements, target hardware specification, and mission scenarios while promoting design reuse. MILAN is a model-based integrated simulation environment for embedded system design based on the concept of MIC. While MILAN is capable of addressing a wide range of system design problems, in this paper, we focus on the problem of device selection for high-performance low-power embedded systems while satisfying given latency constraint. We illustrate the challenges in the design of such embedded systems and discuss various supports provided by MILAN through the design of an automated target detection and tracking system.