Practical Optimization Flow using a New System Design Methodology

An efficient design of a radiation measurement system using the SDSI-Cubic (System Design System Integration-Cubic) is demonstrated. The system itself is embedded requiring a smaller-form factor, higher cost performance amongst other things. In addition to sensor design, the implementation of various functionalities such as waveform processing and calculation is designed by proper assignment/implementation to hardware (analog circuits and FPGA) or software for the CPU. Moreover, the entire system accounting for multiple subsystem designs with conflicting requirements is optimized. By optimizing the system configuration, the first portable radiation dose and radioactivity measurement system is developed.