Highly configurable control boards: a tool and a design experience

Author

de la Torre, E. ; Riesgo, T. ; Uceda, J. ; Macip, E. ; Rizzi, M.

Author_Institution

Div. de Ing. Electron., Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

174

Lastpage

179

Abstract

The work described in this paper has two main objectives: on the one hand, the development of a software tool to handle system configuration and hardware testing and debugging tasks, and on the other hand, the development of a highly configurable family of control boards, by means of the extensive use of FPGAs and the developed software tool. The results show that the system can be used in different applications with an easy reconfiguration of the hardware parts and with a number of enhanced capabilities in the design phase and in later stages, such as production and maintenance

Keywords

add-on boards; computer debugging; computer testing; computerised control; configuration management; development systems; field programmable gate arrays; FPGA; configurable control boards; design experience; design phase; hardware debugging; hardware reconfiguration; hardware testing; maintenance phase; production phase; software tool; system configuration; Communication system control; Control systems; Debugging; Design methodology; Field programmable gate arrays; Iron; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microprocessors; Production systems; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Rapid System Prototyping, 2000. RSP 2000. Proceedings. 11th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Paris

ISSN

1074-6005

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0668-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWRSP.2000.855218

Filename

855218