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Elec2630 Embedded Systems Theory

This document provides an overview of memory types used in embedded systems, including DRAM, SRAM, video RAM, and flash memory. It describes the key characteristics of each memory type, such as whether they require refreshing, their cost per bit, performance for reads and writes, and their common applications. The document also discusses using a web-based system with a database for embedded system design and control to allow remote access and data manipulation.

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Elec2630 Embedded Systems Theory

This document provides an overview of memory types used in embedded systems, including DRAM, SRAM, video RAM, and flash memory. It describes the key characteristics of each memory type, such as whether they require refreshing, their cost per bit, performance for reads and writes, and their common applications. The document also discusses using a web-based system with a database for embedded system design and control to allow remote access and data manipulation.

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ELEC2630 EMBEDDED

SYSTEMS THEORY

Lecture 10: A Web based


Embedded system design &
an overview of Memory
Types
A Web based Embedded
System design
 This system uses a conventional PC as a
Web server as a user interface
 The key to this system is the use of a
database
 The PC is often part of a distributed
embedded system used for control and
data capture
 The resulting data is stored in the
database
 Any authorised user can have access to
the data, searchable and manipulated as
User Interface Software
 The code called by the user is in the
form of CGI programs
 The CGI code can be written to
process user requests into queries
for the database and return the data
in the form that the user requires
Data Collection and Control
 The code for this part of the task is
now totally separate and can be
written using the most appropriate
programming techniques
 The embedded system is often
distributed and may use devices as
the Netiom as part of the control and
data collection methods used
Conclusions
 The integration of web access with
embedded systems takes many
forms and is a growth area at the
moment
 This trend is helped by the increasing
complexity of embedded devices,
such as micro-controllers, made
posible by advances in
semiconductor technologies
Hardware Review: Memory
types
DRAM
 This type of memory is used when a large amount
of storage is required at low cost.
 The storage element is a capacitor which can be
either charged or not charged.
 The main problem is that the charge leaks away
and has to be replaced before the data is lost.
 This feature is reflected in the full name of
Dynamic Ram.
 The complexity of the circuitry needed to refresh
the data does reduce the cost advantage of the
low number of transistors required per bit.
Video RAM
 This device is derived from the DRAM
 A DRAM used as a conventional memory
as well as additional hardware to use the
data at the same time for the Video
display
 Essentially the hardware consisted of a
shift register which converted the parallel
data to serial to be clocked out to drive
the video display
SRAM
 The full name of this device is Static RAM
 The data is held without refreshing all the
time the power is applied
 The cost per bit is much higher than for
DRAM as more transistors are involved in
the circuit for each bit
 The circuit can be designed for low power
operation despite the extra devices per bit
as the power consumption is low except
when switching
FLASH MEMORY

 This is non volatile storage, i.e. the data is


not lost when the power is removed
 The circuit uses a single transistor as a
storage cell
 Write operation can take up to several
milliseconds, but reads can be as low as
70 to 100 nanoseconds
 This specification makes it a suitable
device for program storage

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