UML based hierarchical state diagram approach for protocol designs

Author

Sudhakaran, Sreejith ; Cheung, Wah Man ; McDonald-Maier, Klaus D. ; Howells, Gareth

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

8-9 Sept. 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The increasing complexity in the design of protocol based sequential digital systems such as USB3.0 and PCI express (PCIe), is leading to an increased time to market constraint. This paper introduces a UML based visual design approach to address this increased complexity in the design of IP as well as System-on-Chips (SoC). A hardware development method for USB3.0 device using the Unified Modeling Language is explored. It focuses on the conversion of UML structure diagrams and hierarchical state machines into synthesizable hardware description language. A Model Driven Development (MDD) method using UML state diagrams and hierarchical design breakdown approach is used for the development the synthesizable HDL for USB3.0 device IP with more than 20 sequential states.

Keywords

Unified Modeling Language; finite state machines; hardware description languages; industrial property; integrated circuit design; peripheral interfaces; protocols; system-on-chip; IP design; PCI express; UML based hierarchical state diagram approach; UML based visual design approach; UML structure diagrams; USB3.0; hierarchical design breakdown approach; hierarchical state machines; model driven development method; protocol design based sequential digital systems; synthesizable hardware description language; system-on-chips; Complexity theory; Hardware; Hardware design languages; Integrated circuit modeling; Object oriented modeling; System-on-a-chip; Unified modeling language; Hardware Development Language (HDL); Intellectual Property(IP); Link Training and Status State Machine (LTSSM); Model Driven Development (MDD); State machine based design; USB3.0; Unified Modelling Language (UML); Verilog;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Conference (CEEC), 2010 2nd

Conference_Location

Colchester

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9029-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEEC.2010.5606496

Filename

5606496