Supporting Development Processes: UBCS as a Software Tool for Hardware Selection

Abstract:

Todays digitized world is shaped by various electronic devices. Quite everyone takes it for granted to live with all the helpers, comfort functions and all-day electronics. But like every other product, electronic components have to go through a development process, where as one of the very first stages some kind of hardware selection process takes place. Engineers have to decide which components to use so that the final product can be properly used. Especially when using processor controlled devices, the selection affects the whole product, since the processor must be suitable for the requirements by means of calculation power and peripheral support as well as future development through updates. Moreover, it also contributes to the products costs and time to market. Because there are thousands of devices on the market, engineers face a huge problem when having to make the correct decision. Therefore, the paper introduces a software tool called UBCS, the Universal Benchmark and Compare System, intended to support engineers when selecting appropriate processors for their device. It describes the structure and functionality of UBCS and gives hints to the reader how it makes the selection process more substantiated, easier and faster.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 811)
• Pages: 592-597
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.811.592
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Thomas Stolze, Klaus Dietrich Kramer
• Keywords: Benchmarking, Digital Signal Processor (DSP), Microcontroller, Microprocessor, Performance Comparison

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