A Survey of Energy Consumption Measurement in Embedded Systems

Abstract

The low-power design of software and hardware is crucial for the efficiency and sustainability of embedded systems. Accurate energy consumption measurement plays a vital role in evaluating the energy performance of software and hardware, which also provides design insights to develop new paradigms for algorithm or code optimization in terms of energy efficiency and system cost. A few literature has surveyed this research field, but it lacks multi-faceted comparisons and comprehensive analysis. In this paper, we first show the necessity of accurate energy consumption analysis for embedded systems. Then, we study major methods in literature for measuring energy consumption of embedded systems, which can be summarized with three categories: 1) measurement-based energy profiling, 2) model-based energy estimation, and 3) simulator-based energy estimation. Some subcategories are further made based on characteristics of these apporaches. The pros and cons of each category have been reviewed and evaluated through multi-faceted comparisons. Finally, for transparent energy analysis and improving the energy efficiency of embedded systems, we come up with some contributing factors that matter the energy consumption measurements and discuss the challenges and future research directions. INDEX TERMSInternet of Things (IoT), embedded system, energy consumption, power consumption

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