AER tools for communications and debugging

Author

Gomez-Rodriguez, F. ; Paz, R. ; Linares-Barranco, A. ; Rivas, M. ; Miro, L. ; Vicente, S. ; Jimenez, G. ; Civit, A.

Author_Institution

Departamento de Arquitectura y Tecnologia de Computadores, Univ. de Sevilla

fYear

2006

fDate

21-24 May 2006

Abstract

Address-event-representation (AER) is a communications protocol for transferring spikes between bio-inspired chips. Such systems may consist of a hierarchical structure with several chips that transmit spikes among them in real time, while performing some processing. To develop and test AER based systems it is convenient to have a set of instruments that would allow to: generate AER streams, monitor the output produced by neural chips and modify the spike stream produced by an emitting chip to adapt it to the requirements of the receiving elements. In this paper we present a set of tools that implement these functions developed in the CAVIAR EU project

Keywords

neural chips; program debugging; protocols; software tools; AER tools; CAVIAR EU project; address-event-representation; bio-inspired chips; communications protocol; neural chips; Computerized monitoring; Debugging; Instruments; Neurons; Protocols; Pulse modulation; Real time systems; Retina; Streaming media; Universal Serial Bus;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2006. ISCAS 2006. Proceedings. 2006 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Island of Kos

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9389-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2006.1693319

Filename

1693319