嵌入式系統的開發者通常需要掌握多個領域的知識和技能，才足以去建構一個整合所需之平台(如各類感測器、與致動器的驅動、以及控制和通訊協定的應用系統)，因此，若要開發出完整的雛型系統，常常必須耗費大量的開發時間和成本。本論文以GRAFCET虛擬機器(GRAFCET Virtual Machine;GVM)為基礎，建立一個嵌入式系統快速雛型化平台，提供使用者一個快速開發和佈署的開發環境。 我們設計了四類嵌入式系統周邊模組的中介軟體:顯示、通訊、感測和致動，並整合於GVM，可大幅減少使用者冗長的軟硬體整合的開發-除錯-佈署的開發週期。此外，為了讓開發者能夠在各種平台下能夠輕易地進行系統設計/實作/佈署/更新的動作，本論文設計了三種類型的GPP(GRAFCET Application)設計工具，讓開發者能夠不需透過程式語言和專用的編輯器，而採用GRAFCET離散事件語言描述系統的高階行為，再藉由任意一種設計工具，無論是遠端的行動裝置或近端的電腦，進行應用系統的開發和佈署。 最後我們以「電子標籤網路」和「IoT電子看板」兩個嵌入式系統開發實例來驗證此一快速雛型化平台的可用性。實驗結果展示本平台可實現所謂的「無所不在」的嵌入式系統開發。In developing the embedded system products, we usually need a number of domain knowledge such as various types of sensors, actuator and communication protocol to construct an integrated platform that costs a lot both in time and man-power. In this thesis, we create a rapid prototyping platform based on GRAFCET Virtual Machine (GVM) which provides users a rapid development and deployment environment of embedded systems. We designed four embedded middleware modules: display, communications, sensing and actuation for reducing significantly the develop-debug-deploy cycle. Besides, we proposed three develop/deploy mode for rapid generating an embedded system application. The developer use GRAFCET discrete event language to describe the high-level behavior of application without dedicated compiler or programming language. Finally, we use two tested applications: the electronic label network and IOT-based digital Signage to demonstrate the practicability and rapidity of system development by using the proposed rapid prototyping platform. The experimental results reveal that our platform can help the developer to achieve the “ubiquitous” and “on-the-fly” embedded system development.
