Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering

Part I. Sensor Networks Chapter 1 Performance of Gossip Algorithms in Wireless Sensor Networks; Marco Baldi, Franco Chiaraluce and Elma Zanaj. Chapter 2 Using a Prioritized Medium Access Control Protocol for Incrementally Obtaining an Interpolation of Sensor Readings; Bjorn Andersson, Nuno Pereira, Eduardo Tovar and Ricardo Gomes. Chapter 3 Embedded systems in the POSEIDON MK6 Rebreather; Arne Sieber, Nigel A Jones, Bill Stone, Richard Pyle, Bernhard Koss and Kurt Sjoblom. Chapter 4 Embedded Data Logging Platform for Research in Diving Physiology; Benjamin Kuch, Remo Bedini, Antonio L'Abbate, Matthias Wagner, Giorgio Buttazzo and Arne Sieber. Chapter 5 IEEE 1451 Sensor Interfacing and Data Fusion in Embedded Systems; Sergio Saponara, Luca Fanucci and Bruno Neri. Part II. Network on Chip and Multicore Systems Chapter 6 Cost-based Deflection Routing for Intelligent NoC Switches; Martin Radetzki and Adan Kohler. Chapter 7 NOCEXplore; Stefano Gigli and Massimo Conti. Chapter 8 Coverage-driven Verification of HDL IP cores; Sergio Saponara, Francesco Vitullo, Esa Petri, Luca Fanucci, Marcello Coppola and Riccardo Locatelli. Chapter 9 A Multiprocessor Platform for Efficient Data Processing in Electronic Musical Instruments; Marco Caldari, Franco Ripa and Massimo Conti. Chapter 10 A Distributed Hardware Algorithm for Scheduling Dependent Tasks on Multicore Architectures; Lorenzo Di Gregorio. Part III. Automotive Chapter 11 Automotive Embedded Systems; Eric Armengaud, Allan Tengg, Mario Driussi, Michael Karner, Christian Steger and Reinhold Weiss. Chapter 12 An Embedded Datalogger with a Fast Acquisition Rate for in-Vehicle Testing and Monitoring; Gioacchino Fertitta, Antonio Di Stefano, Giuseppe Fiscelli and Costantino G. Giaconia. Chapter 13 Secure Gateway Interoperability; Alvaro Reina, Jesus Saez, Natividad Martinez Madrid and Ralf Seepold. Part IV. Software and System Architecture Chapter 14 Applying Bayesian Networks for Intelligent Adaptable Printing Systems; Arjen Hommersom, Peter J.F. Lucas, Rene Waarsing, and Pieter Koopman. Chapter 15 Applicability of Virtualization to Embedded Systems; Robert Kaiser. Chapter 16 Distributed Trading Architecture with Sensors Support for a Secure Decision Making; Javier Martinez Fernandez, Ralf Seepold and Natividad Martinez Madrid. Chapter 17 Migrating from a Proprietarfy RTOS to the OSEK Standard Using a Wrapper; Joachim Denil, Serge Demeyer, Paul De Meulenaere, Kurt Maudens, Kris Van Stechelman. Part V. Power Aware Design Chapter 18 A Sigma-Delta Controlled Power Converter for Energy Harvesting Applications; Rocco d'Aparo, Simone Orcioni, Massimo Conti. Chapter 19 Energy Efficient Data Transmission of on-Chip Serial Links; George Kornaros. Chapter 20 Powersim: power estimation with SystemC; Marco Giammarini, Simone Orcioni, Massimo Conti. Chapter 21 Power Analysis of Embedded Systems; Giovanni Vece, Massimo Conti.