Title :
An extensible, low cost rapid prototyping environment based on a reconfigurable set of FPGAs
Author :
Adaos, K. ; Alexiou, G.P. ; Kanopoulos, N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng. & Inf., Patras Univ., Greece
Abstract :
Presents the architecture of a system for the rapid prototyping of digital circuits that is based an the Altera FLEX8000 reconfigurable set of FPGAs. The interconnection architecture of the system consists of both fixed lines between adjacent FPGAs and shared lines that are capable of interconnecting more than two devices. The reconfigurable set of devices is placed on a 2D grid. The external interface of the system enables the connection of two or more base modules to construct a larger grid with similar characteristics
Keywords :
circuit CAD; digital circuits; field programmable gate arrays; reconfigurable architectures; 2D grid; Altera FLEX8000 family; base modules; digital circuits; external interface; fixed lines; interconnection architecture; rapid prototyping environment; reconfigurable FPGA set; shared lines; Computer architecture; Costs; Design engineering; Digital systems; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Integrated circuit interconnections; Logic devices; Prototypes; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Rapid System Prototyping, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 Ninth International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Leuven
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8479-8
DOI :
10.1109/IWRSP.1998.676672
