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- problem analysis (coarse flow-charts to define the event and
communication structure for a given problem)
- identification of required events and their frequency
- definition of the correct IPC structure
- analysis of the load of the system based on the results from
- the problem analysis sum of "processing time/time between
occurrence of events" + 40
- definition of requirements on the CPU system
width of the data bus, frequency based on the average CIPS
number of cycles, size of RAM
Darius Burschka
2002-01-20