Using Domain Specific Languages to Improve the Development of a Power Control Unit

Abstract

Abstract-To improve the design of a power control unit at Philips, two Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) have been used. The first DSL provides a concise and readable notation for the essential state transitions. It is used to generate both configuration files and analysis models. In addition, we also generate instances of a second DSL which represents test traces. This second DSL is used to generate test cases for the power control unit. The use of DSLs not only improved productivity, but also the quality of the configuration files and the test set.

Reverse Engineering of Legacy Software Interfaces to a Model-Based Approach

“…For the sake of explanation we made few modifications to the language instances. A predecessor of this unit has been introduced in [12].…”

Collective understanding of system behavior : incorporating simulations in conceptual systems design

“…This power distribution subsystem does not only provide power to the system, but also manages start-up and shutdown scenarios. Within this redesign project, a simulation model had been developed by a software engineer to formalize and test the system's behavior [Schuts and Hooman, 2015b]. However, the model was only used for this analysis and not for communication with other stakeholders in the project.…”

“…Through this simulation, various use cases can be executed and the operational view can be explored. Figure 5.16 -User interface used to control simulation [Schuts and Hooman, 2015b] 5.3 Communicating the Behavior of a Power Distribution Subsystem | 85…”

“…Furthermore, various drawings and schematics were also created and used within these presentations. Finally, a model was created [Schuts and Hooman, 2015b] to convert legacy configuration files to a domain specific language (DSL) based specification. This DSL specification allows the generation of a POOSL model.…”