Energy-Efficiency in Embedded Systems (EEE)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulf Kulau

Lucas Bublitz

Language

Course is available in german and english.

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Content

In the field of computer science, we have only limited possibilities to influence the efficiency of the hardware directly, or we are dependent on the manufacturers (e.g. of microcontrollers). However, in order to exploit the full potential of the hardware provided to us at the system level, we need a deeper understanding of the background, processes and mechanisms of power dissipation in embedded systems. Where does the power dissipation come from, what happens at the hardware level, what mechanisms can I use directly/indirectly, what is the tradeoff between flexibility and efficiency,.... are only some questions, which will be worked out and discussed in this course. In the lecture and the corresponding exercise the following contents will be taught:

• Motivation and power dissipation of semiconductors
• Power dissipation of digital circuits
• CMOS and its power consumption
• Power management in hardware and software (sleep modes, DVS, FS, undervolting)
• Energy efficient system design (applications)
• Energy Harvesting and Transiently Powered Computing (TPC)

The course is complemented by a project-based exercise in which aspects learned on an energy harvesting platform (AVR microcontroller) are put into practice.

• A Motivation and an Overview of Contents is also provided in the following Slides:

Prerequisite

• Computer engineering (necessary)
• Programming skills in C (required)
• Computer architectures (recommended)
• High motivation and interest in the subject

Literature

The course is based on a variety of different sources. To provide a better overview, all sources are summarized in the paper Course: Energy Efficiency in Embedded Systems – A System-Level Perspective for Computer Scientists.

EWME Conference
Course: Energy Efficiency in Embedded Systems – A System-Level Perspective for Computer Scientists

Ulf Kulau12th European Workshop on Microelectronics Education (EWME), 20182018.
10.1109/EWME.2018.8629441 [BibTex]

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BibTex Entry

@inproceedings{kulau:ewme2018,
author = {Ulf Kulau},
booktitle = {12th European Workshop on Microelectronics Education (EWME), 2018},
doi = {10.1109/EWME.2018.8629441},
entrysubtype = {Conference},
ibrauthors = {kulau},
month = {September},
organization = {IEEE},
pages = {1–6},
title = {{Course: Energy Efficiency in Embedded Systems – A System-Level Perspective for Computer Scientists}},
year = {2018},
}

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Low power design essentials

Jan RabaeySpringer Science & Business Media2009.
[BibTex]

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BibTex Entry

@book{rabaey2009low,
author = {Rabaey, Jan},
publisher = {Springer Science \& Business Media},
title = {Low power design essentials},
year = {2009},
}

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Cmos vlsi design

David Harris, N Westeed: Pearson Education, Inc2010.
[BibTex]

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BibTex Entry

@article{harris2010cmos,
author = {Harris, David and Weste, N},
journaltitle = {ed: Pearson Education, Inc},
title = {Cmos vlsi design},
year = {2010},
}

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Evaluation

• Overall, the course was rated 2.1 (n=10). All results are [here]