Poetic: A Hardware Prototyping Platform With Bioinspired Capabilities

Author

Moreno, J.M. ; Thoma, Y. ; Sanchez, E.

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. of Catalunya

fYear

2006

fDate

22-24 June 2006

Firstpage

363

Lastpage

368

Abstract

In this paper, we present the VLSI realization of a configurable device called POEtic. This device encompasses a custom 32-bit RISC microprocessor and a custom FPGA with dynamic routing capabilities and also with dynamic and self-configuration abilities. The POEtic device can be used as a standalone general-purpose prototyping platform with dynamic reconfiguration capabilities. Additionally, the system interface included in the device and the specific features of the custom FPGA permit to construct an electronic tissue able to reproduce some of the mechanisms present in living beings, like evolution, development, self-repair or learning. In this paper, we describe the details of its physical realization, and we highlight its unique features that make it an ideal platform for prototyping dynamic hardware

Keywords

VLSI; biological tissues; biomedical electronics; field programmable gate arrays; microprocessor chips; reconfigurable architectures; reduced instruction set computing; 32 bit; POEtic hardware prototyping platform; RISC microprocessor; VLSI design; bio-inspired system; configurable device; custom FPGA; dynamic hardware; dynamic reconfiguration; dynamic routing; electronic tissue; self-configuration ability; system interface; Automata; Design engineering; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Humans; Microprocessors; Prototypes; Reduced instruction set computing; Routing; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and System, 2006. MIXDES 2006. Proceedings of the International Conference

Conference_Location

Gdynia

Print_ISBN

83-922632-2-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIXDES.2006.1706600

Filename

1706600