Fachhochschule Technikum Wien - Department of Embedded Systems
The Department of Embedded Systems at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien was founded in 1999 to build a bridge across the common, well known disciplines of Electronics on one hand side and Computer Science on the other hand side. The topics of expertise include embedded systems software design, dependable systems and real-time systems, distributed systems, embedded networking and fieldbus systems, real-time operating systems, CPLD/FPGA and ASIC design, PCB design, ESL design, hardware/software co-design, system test and verification as well as formal verification. The staff of the Department of Embedded Systems consists of lecturers and research engineers, all of them having a strong background in Electronics, Computer Science and Embedded Systems Technology. The contributions to the scientific community include memberships and active work in several national and international scientific committees and advisory boards. A number of finished and ongoing projects show the ongoing interest of the Department of Embedded Systems in various areas of research and development with partners from both academia and the industry, including component based software, clock synchronization for embedded systems, debugging of real time systems and hardware/software co-design. Since 2008, Embedded Systems R&D is one of the strategic R&D areas of the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien.
Contribution to the AsTeRICS Project:
- Development of the system architecture, functional clustering
- Specification and design of hardware platform, sensor / actuator modules (together with CEDO)
- Evaluation and application of development environment
- Firmware development for the hardware modules, adaptation and integration of sensors / actuators, interfacing of existing AT-modules
- System integration, evaluation and tests
- Software development for the AsTeRICS Personal Platform, hardware near programming and operating system issues, driver development
Role in the AsTeRICS Project:
FHTW is the leader of the software work package (WP4), FHTW's main activities in course of the AsTeRICS project will be the software development for the AsTeRICS Personal Platform, the firmware development for the hardware modules and the coordination thereof. FHTW will be involved in planning the overall system architecture and the runtime framework as well.
Furthermore, FHTW will contribute to operating system issues, driver development and adaptation and integration of sensors / actuators. Together with CEDO, FHTW will specify interfaces to the sensor / actuator modules and contribute to their development and fabrication.