Implementing a hybrid methodology for the design of an Embedded System

This paper described a hybrid methodology that can be deployed in the development of an intelligent critical sensitive system. To obtain this methodology, we interfaced the internationally accepted Structured System Analysis and Design Methodology (SSADM) and the Fuzzy Based Design paradigm. The SSADM was deployed for the systems study and preliminary design while the Fuzzy Based Design Methodology was deployed as the paradigm for an alternative design applied in developing both linear and non-linear systems for embedded control. The resulting methodology was successfully deployed to implement an intelligent traffic control system for a typical ‘+’ in an Eastern Nigerian city. The work demonstrated that embedded systems required a hybrid methodology because in addition to the specialized design paradigm, there would be a need for a detailed study of the systems current operating environments.