A platform for co-design and co-synthesis based on FPGA

Author

Mosany, Emeka ; Perrier, Jean-Yves ; Goeke, Mxime ; Rampogna, Flavio ; Linder, Julien ; Sanchez, Eduardo

Author_Institution

Lab. de Syst. Logiques, Ecole Polytech. Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland

fYear

1996

fDate

19-21 Jun 1996

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

16

Abstract

As the number of applications combining hardware and software steadily grows, the need for tools dedicated to co-design and co-synthesis is becoming more and more urgent. In this paper, we describe two platforms designed to prototype this kind of application and to serve as a basis for the development and test of CAD tools. The first platform, called LOPIOM, consists of a microcontroller, four FPGA and four interconnection circuits and can be used to prototype complex systems. The second, LABOMAT, is used as a basic prototyping and teaching platform. The architecture and the software environment developed for these cards is described along with some applications

Keywords

logic CAD; software prototyping; CAD tools; FPGA; LABOMAT; LOPIOM; co-design; co-synthesis; prototype; Application software; Circuit testing; Design automation; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Integrated circuit interconnections; Microcontrollers; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Rapid System Prototyping, 1996. Proceedings., Seventh IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Thessaloniki

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7603-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWRSP.1996.506720

Filename

506720