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Embedded Software Verification and Debugging

  • Includes in a single source the entire flow of design, verification and debugging of embedded software;
  • Addresses the main techniques that are currently being used in the industry for assuring the quality of embedded software;
  • Includes in-depth coverage of debugging, dynamic, formal and hybrid verification;
  • Discusses emerging trends which focus on formal and hybrid verification and debugging approaches.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Embedded Systems (EMSY)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. The Use of Dynamic Temporal Assertions for Debugging

    • Ziad A. Al-Sharif, Clinton L. Jeffery, Mahmoud H. Said
    Pages 47-65
  3. Automated Reproduction and Analysis of Bugs in Embedded Software

    • Hanno Eichelberger, Thomas Kropf, Jürgen Ruf, Wolfgang Rosenstiel
    Pages 67-106
  4. Model-Based Debugging of Embedded Software Systems

    • Padma Iyenghar, Elke Pulvermueller, Clemens Westerkamp, Juergen Wuebbelmann, Michael Uelschen
    Pages 107-132
  5. A Mechanism for Monitoring Driver-Device Communication

    • Rafael Melo Macieira, Edna Barros
    Pages 133-158
  6. Model Checking Embedded C Software Using k-Induction and Invariants

    • Herbert Rocha, Hussama Ismail, Lucas Cordeiro, Raimundo Barreto
    Pages 159-182
  7. Scalable and Optimized Hybrid Verification of Embedded Software

    • Jörg Behrend, Djones Lettnin, Alexander Grünhage, Jürgen Ruf, Thomas Kropf, Wolfgang Rosenstiel
    Pages 183-205
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 207-208

About this book

This book provides comprehensive coverage of verification and debugging techniques for embedded software, which is frequently used in safety critical applications (e.g., automotive), where failures are unacceptable.  Since the verification of complex systems needs to encompass the verification of both hardware and embedded software modules, this book focuses on verification and debugging approaches for embedded software with hardware dependencies.  Coverage includes the entire flow of design, verification and debugging of embedded software and all key approaches to debugging, dynamic, static, and hybrid verification.  This book discusses the current, industrial embedded software verification flow, as well as emerging trends with focus on formal and hybrid verification and debugging approaches.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

    Djones Lettnin

  • Luzern, Switzerland

    Markus Winterholer

About the editors

Markus Winterholer has been involved in system design and HW/SW development for more than 20 years. Most recently he has been focused on developing and testing software for the financial sector and e-government solutions in Switzerland. Before, he was responsible for the development of several generations of embedded software debug and verification solutions at Cadence for more than ten years. Furthermore, he also deployed advanced verification methodologies including application of constrained random techniques. Before he joined Cadence, he worked five years as a freelancer offering consulting services for hardware and software development and verification focusing on leading edge communication standards and processors. Markus Winterholer holds a diploma degree in computer science from the University of Tübingen.

Djones Lettnin has a Master's in Electric Engineering at the Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (2004), Brazil, and a PhD. in Computer Engineering at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (2009), Germany. Since August 2011, he has been a Professor at Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. He works in many cooperation projects with Cadence Design Systems, Freescale, Bosch, and Intel. He is also the coordinator of the Cadence Academic Network in Latin America. His main interests are in design and functional verification of hardware and embedded software with a main focus on: EDA, modeling of embedded systems, digital design, verification based on assertions, and semiformal and formal verification using model checking.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Embedded Software Verification and Debugging

  • Editors: Djones Lettnin, Markus Winterholer

  • Series Title: Embedded Systems

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2266-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2265-5Published: 19 April 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-7931-8Published: 19 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-2266-2Published: 17 April 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2193-0155

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-0163

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 208

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 62 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Circuits and Systems, Processor Architectures, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation

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eBook USD 79.99
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  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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Softcover Book USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 139.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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