Title :
FPGA emulators in digital circuits education
Author :
Zajc, Baldomir ; Trost, Andrej
Abstract :
Digital circuit emulators based on programmable devices are extensively used for research and educational purpose in the field of digital logic design. Emulation of a complex digital circuit is much faster than a gate level simulation. The circuit is also physically implemented in the emulation platform and can be embedded in the target system working at or near real-time speed. The paper presents an architecture for digital circuit emulators and the design flow used in digital circuits education. There are many student projects and diploma works which can be realized only by reprogramming the emulation system. We present some typical projects and applications implemented on our emulation systems
Keywords :
educational aids; electronic engineering education; field programmable gate arrays; logic design; network synthesis; FPGA emulators; design flow; digital circuit education; digital circuit emulators; digital logic design; gate level simulation; programmable devices; Circuit simulation; Digital circuits; Educational programs; Embedded system; Emulation; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Logic design; Real time systems; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
AFRICON, 2004. 7th AFRICON Conference in Africa
Conference_Location :
Gaborone
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8605-1
DOI :
10.1109/AFRICON.2004.1406727
