diff --git a/papers/fmmd_software_hardware/abs.tex b/papers/fmmd_software_hardware/abs.tex index ca4544e..4bffab2 100644 --- a/papers/fmmd_software_hardware/abs.tex +++ b/papers/fmmd_software_hardware/abs.tex @@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ for static testing. Its use is traditionally applied to hardware (electrical and With the increasing use of micro-controllers in smart~instruments and control~systems, software is increasingly being seen as the `missing~factor' in FMEA analysis. % -This paper presents a new modular variant of FMEA, Failure Mode Modular De-Composition (FMMD). +This paper presents a new modular variant of FMEA, Failure Mode Modular Decomposition (FMMD). % Because FMMD is modular and hierarchical, and deals with all its objects in terms of their failure mode behaviour, it is ideally suited to creating integrated software and hardware models. % -This paper takes a simple example of a hardware/software hybrid (an industry standard {\ft} input), analyses -the hardware and software using FMMD, and then discusses the effectiveness of the -failure modelling from the perspective of the hybrid hardware/software sub-system. +%%This paper takes a simple example of a hardware/software hybrid (an industry standard {\ft} input), analyses +%%the hardware and software using FMMD, and then discusses the effectiveness of the +%%failure modelling from the perspective of the hybrid hardware/software sub-system. @@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ over traditional FMEA. % This paper presents an overview of the FMMD methodology and then an FMMD analysis of a simple software/hardware hybrid sub-system. % -The example sub-system chosen is a {\ft} input circuit consisting of +The example system chosen is a {\ft} input circuit consisting of a resistive element, multiplexer (MUX), Analogue to Digital Converter (ADC) and two software functions. % -The purpose of this sub-system is to convert an electrical current signal into a value for use in software. +The purpose of this system is to convert an electrical current signal into a value for use in software. % FMMD is applied to the hardware (resistive element, MUX and ADC) and to the software components (two `C' functions), producing one integrated @@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ The failure model is then discussed and compared with heuristic knowledge of {\ft} inputs, circuitry and software. % Conclusions are then presented listing the benefits and draw-backs -of analysing the hardware/software hybrid system using FMMD. +of analysing the hardware/software hybrid system using FMMD, and FMMD +is compared with traditional HFMEA and SFMEA. \clearpage diff --git a/papers/fmmd_software_hardware/iet_abstract.doc b/papers/fmmd_software_hardware/iet_abstract.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c507d4d Binary files /dev/null and b/papers/fmmd_software_hardware/iet_abstract.doc differ