Dynamic Frequency Scaling Based Energy Consumption Reduction for Power-aware Embedded Systems - A Simulation and Experimental Approach

Energy conservation is a critical issue in battery operated systems. Energy consumption reduction of portable embedded systems is essential for increasing the battery life, enabling better system usefulness. One of the promising techniques of energy consumption reduction is Dynamic Voltage and Fre...

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Main Authors: Anju S. Pillai, T. B. Isha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ESRGroups 2014-03-01
Series:Journal of Electrical Systems
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Online Access:https://journal.esrgroups.org/jes/papers/10_1_4.pdf
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spelling doaj-679d2cb38bd544bba4e13870ed4330372020-11-25T02:06:37ZengESRGroupsJournal of Electrical Systems1112-52091112-52092014-03-011013647Dynamic Frequency Scaling Based Energy Consumption Reduction for Power-aware Embedded Systems - A Simulation and Experimental ApproachAnju S. PillaiT. B. IshaEnergy conservation is a critical issue in battery operated systems. Energy consumption reduction of portable embedded systems is essential for increasing the battery life, enabling better system usefulness. One of the promising techniques of energy consumption reduction is Dynamic Voltage and Frequency (DVFS). In this paper, a Dynamic Frequency Scaling (DFS) method is used to reduce the energy consumed by an Atmel ATmega 16 microcontroller while executing a robotic application. A noticeable amount of energy saving was observed both by simulation and experimental validation when switching frequency was varied from rated frequency to below rated frequencies, without violating any of the temporal requirements.https://journal.esrgroups.org/jes/papers/10_1_4.pdfenergy consumption reductionembedded processorsreal time systemsdynamic voltage and frequency scalingpower saving
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Dynamic Frequency Scaling Based Energy Consumption Reduction for Power-aware Embedded Systems - A Simulation and Experimental Approach
Journal of Electrical Systems
energy consumption reduction
embedded processors
real time systems
dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
power saving
author_facet Anju S. Pillai
T. B. Isha
author_sort Anju S. Pillai
title Dynamic Frequency Scaling Based Energy Consumption Reduction for Power-aware Embedded Systems - A Simulation and Experimental Approach
title_short Dynamic Frequency Scaling Based Energy Consumption Reduction for Power-aware Embedded Systems - A Simulation and Experimental Approach
title_full Dynamic Frequency Scaling Based Energy Consumption Reduction for Power-aware Embedded Systems - A Simulation and Experimental Approach
title_fullStr Dynamic Frequency Scaling Based Energy Consumption Reduction for Power-aware Embedded Systems - A Simulation and Experimental Approach
title_full_unstemmed Dynamic Frequency Scaling Based Energy Consumption Reduction for Power-aware Embedded Systems - A Simulation and Experimental Approach
title_sort dynamic frequency scaling based energy consumption reduction for power-aware embedded systems - a simulation and experimental approach
publisher ESRGroups
series Journal of Electrical Systems
issn 1112-5209
1112-5209
publishDate 2014-03-01
description Energy conservation is a critical issue in battery operated systems. Energy consumption reduction of portable embedded systems is essential for increasing the battery life, enabling better system usefulness. One of the promising techniques of energy consumption reduction is Dynamic Voltage and Frequency (DVFS). In this paper, a Dynamic Frequency Scaling (DFS) method is used to reduce the energy consumed by an Atmel ATmega 16 microcontroller while executing a robotic application. A noticeable amount of energy saving was observed both by simulation and experimental validation when switching frequency was varied from rated frequency to below rated frequencies, without violating any of the temporal requirements.
topic energy consumption reduction
embedded processors
real time systems
dynamic voltage and frequency scaling
power saving
url https://journal.esrgroups.org/jes/papers/10_1_4.pdf
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