mbeddr: instantiating a language workbench in the embedded software domain

Voelter, Markus; Ratiu, Daniel; Kolb, Bernd; Schaetz, Bernhard

doi:10.1007/s10515-013-0120-4

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“…mbeddr [55] applies projectional editing to embedded software engineering. Built on MPS, it provides an extensible version of C plus a set of predefined extensions such as physical units, interfaces and components, state machines and unit testing.…”

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Using C language extensions for developing embedded software: a case study

Voelter¹,

Deursen

Kolb³

et al. 2015

Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applicatio

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We report on an industrial case study on developing the embedded software for a smart meter using the C programming language and domain-specific extensions of C such as components, physical units, state machines, registers and interrupts. We find that the extensions help significantly with managing the complexity of the software. They improve testability mainly by supporting hardware-independent testing, as illustrated by low integration efforts. The extensions also do not incur significant overhead regarding memory consumption and performance. Our case study relies on mbeddr, an extensible version of C. mbeddr, in turn, builds on the MPS language workbench which supports modular extension of languages and IDEs.

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Section: Extensions and Mbeddrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using C language extensions for developing embedded software: a case study

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Deursen

Kolb³

et al. 2015

Proceedings of the 2015 ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applicatio

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“…The editor also defines intentions, little in-place program transformations that can be triggered by the user as he edits the program. mbeddr (http://mbeddr.com) is an extensible set of integrated languages for embedded software engineering [15], developed with MPS. mbeddr is also open source.…”

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“…As an example of composition and extension, the mbeddr system currently has over 30 modular extensions to C; all of them can be used in the same program. Many of them are illustrated in [15].…”

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“…Examples include tables, mathematical symbols (fraction bars, superscript or ) or diagrams. This is discussed for IDW in [9,10] and for MPS/mbeddr in [15]. ProjEs can also mix different notational styles.…”

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“…Some of these approaches have already been introduced in [15]. Table 1 summarizes the issues and MPS' mitigation techniques where applicable.…”

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Abstract. Today's challenges for language development include language extension and composition, as well as the use of diverse notations. A promising approach is projectional editing, a technique to directly manipulate the abstract syntax tree of a program, without relying on parsers. Its potential lies in the ability to combine diverse notational styles -such as text, symbols, tables, and graphics -and the support for a wide range of composition techniques. However, projectional editing is often perceived as problematic for developers. Expressed drawbacks include the unfamiliar editing experience and challenges in the integration with existing infrastructure. In this paper we investigate the usability of projectional editors. We systematically identify usability issues resulting from the architecture. We use JetBrains Meta Programming System (MPS) as a case study. The case study discusses the concepts that MPS incorporates to address the identified issues, evaluates effectiveness of these concepts by surveying professional developers, and reports industrial experiences from realizing large-scale systems. Our results show that the benefits of flexible language composition and diverse notations come at the cost of serious usability issues -which, however, can be effectively mitigated with facilities that emulate editing experience of parser-based editors.

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mbeddr: instantiating a language workbench in the embedded software domain

Cited by 52 publications

References 28 publications

Using C language extensions for developing embedded software: a case study

Using C language extensions for developing embedded software: a case study

Towards User-Friendly Projectional Editors

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