@conference {7.MiMaMaPre, title = {System-level design of embedded applications by UML: the Wireless Meter Reading case}, booktitle = {MSy2002 Workshop}, year = {2002}, month = {October 3-4}, pages = {181-187}, address = {Winterthur}, abstract = {The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a language for specifying, visualizing, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of software systems, as well as for business modeling and other non-software systems. The UML represents a collection of best engineering practices that have proven successful in the modeling of large and complex systems; it is interesting to envision its extension for specification and modeling of hardwaresoftware systems as well, since the first design phases, i.e. before hardware-software partitioning has been effected. This paper describes how UML has been used in the design of a wireless meter reading system consisting of hardware and software components.}, keywords = {embedded applications, unified modeling language (UML), wireless meter reading}, author = {Minosi, Antonio and Martinola, Aris and Mankan, Srinivas and Prevostini, Mauro} }