Title :
A fault injection technique for VHDL behavioral-level models
Author :
DeLong, Todd A. ; Johnson, Barry W. ; Profeta, J.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
Designers are realizing the advantages of performing fault injection early, using simulation to inject faults into a model of the design rather than the actual system. The authors describe their technique for injecting faults into a system´s VHDL behavioral level model. To demonstrate the technique, they evaluate an embedded control system providing fail safe operation in the railway industry
Keywords :
control system CAD; control system analysis computing; digital simulation; hardware description languages; railways; software fault tolerance; VHDL behavioral level model; embedded control system; fail safe operation; fault injection; fault injection technique; railway industry; simulation; Computational modeling; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Hardware; Instruction sets; Logic testing; Microelectronics; Parameter estimation; Process design; Switches;
Journal_Title :
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
