Date and time: November 2023, 12 (Sat) 23:9-00:12
Lecturer: Mr. Azuma Nishikubo
CPD & PDU: Provide 3.0 PDH & PDU
Format: Web (Zoom)
Number of participants: 7 people (including 5 PEs, 1 PEN, 1 non-member, and instructor)
theme:
Changing boundaries between hardware and software in embedded systems ~ADI Trinamic's Harwired design~
Boundary condition change between hardware and software in embedded system ~Hardwired design by ADI Trinamic~
Gist:
In embedded system development, the roles have been divided for many years, with the hardware person responsible for circuit design and the software person responsible for running the circuit.When considering the semiconductor devices used, conventional software is responsible for not only incorporating peripheral passive components into a single chip, but also having hardware that has internal feedback functions such as voltage regulators to stabilize the output voltage. The boundaries between hardware and software are becoming blurred as more and more functions are being incorporated.The reason behind this is that while software appears to be versatile, the disadvantage is that the larger the program, the more resources are required to verify combinations.This trend is also emerging in the field of motor control, with hardwired designs that implement control itself using logic circuits gradually becoming popular, and changes are occurring at the boundary between hardware and software.The lecture will cover Trinamic, one of the product groups of Analog Devices, to which the lecturer belongs, and will deepen the discussion on the differences between traditional embedded development and hardwired design.
Implementation report:
On the one hand, Hardwired design makes it possible to downsize software development, which is becoming bloated, and realize rational development, but on the other hand, there are functions that can be standardized and realized with Hardwired, and there are problems with Hardwired because there is a need for differentiation as a strength of the company. He explained that it has a function. Many of today's industrial products include control functions, and their functions are expanding. Its basis is a digital control function using software. In this lecture, he explained in an easy-to-understand manner that by making some of the controls hardwired, it would lighten the designer's burden and make it possible to develop and use more controls.It was a very good lecture. .
There were also comments that the workshop format encouraged discussion with other members and was stimulating.