List and describe various features of electronic systems. List and discuss the steps in designing an embedded system. Solution Electronic system level (ESL) design and verification is an emerging electronic design methodology that focuses primarily on the higher abstraction level concerns. The termElectronic System Level or ESL Design was first defined by Gartner Dataquest, an EDA-industry-analysis firm, on February 1, 2001. It is defined in the ESL Design and Verification book as: \"the utilization of appropriate abstractions in order to increase comprehension about a system, and to enhance the probability of a successful implementation of functionality in a cost-effective manner.\" The basic premise is to model the behavior of the entire system using a high-level language such as C, C++, LabVIEW, or MATLAB or using graphical \"model-based\" design tools like SystemVue, VisualSim Architect or Simulink. Newer languages are emerging that enable the creation of a model at a higher level of abstraction including general purpose system design languages like SysML as well as those that are specific to embedded system design like SMDL and SSDL supported by emerging system design automation products like Teraptor. Rapid and correct-by-construction implementation of the system can be automated using EDA tools such as high-level synthesis and embedded softwaretools, although much of it is performed manually today. ESL can also be accomplished through the use of SystemC as an abstract modeling language. Electronic System Level is now an established approach at most of the world’s leading System- on-a-chip (SoC) design companies, and is being used increasingly in system design.[citation needed] From its genesis as an algorithm modeling methodology with ‘no links to implementation’, ESL is evolving into a set of complementary methodologies that enable embedded system design, verification, and debugging through to the hardware and software implementation of custom SoC, system-on-FPGA, system-on board, and entire multi-board systems. Second Part An embedded system is one with computing hardware that has software “embedded” in it as one of its core components. We are surrounded by embedded systems that add luxury to our lives like mobile handsets, washing machines, microwaves, ATM machines, and air conditioners, to name just a few. Because of certain application requirements, engineers have to approach embedded design in a different way than other types of designs. The following offers a brief step-by-step approach to follow while designing an embedded system 1. Proposal: - An innovative idea or system that makes life easier and/or reduces the amount of human effort required to complete a task. 2. Definition: - Next, the whole system needs to be designed, including what it will do under all possible sets of input conditions. This definition is perhaps the most critical part, as any error here will affect the working of whole system. I. I/O Considerations: -.