Title :
A design automation toolkit for virtual instrumentation
Author :
Elorza, F. Zubillaga ; Allen, C.R. ; Legget, I.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Newcastle upon Tyne Univ., UK
Abstract :
This paper describes an electronic design automation (EDA) toolkit for Web page designers to produce a working virtual model of an instrument. The toolkit comprises an instrument workspace in which the instrument operates upon 2D active “appliances”. The instrument software is encapsulated in a finite state diagram model which may be used hierarchically. The designer is also provided with a resource editor where the physical appearance of the instrument may be customized. The objective is to provide a fast track design route for new instruments to be designed and assessed by clients by providing an animated and graphical simulation accessible via the worldwide web network
Keywords :
Internet; finite state machines; software tools; user interfaces; virtual machines; 2D active appliances; Web page designers; animated simulation; design automation toolkit; electronic design automation; fast track design; finite state diagram model; graphical simulation; instrument software; virtual instrumentation; working virtual model; worldwide web network; Design automation; Electronic design automation and methodology; HTML; Home appliances; Instruments; Java; Microprocessors; Software tools; Testing; Web pages;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1998. IMTC/98. Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
St. Paul, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4797-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1998.679799
