An object oriented design method for reconfigurable computing systems

Author

Edwards, Martyn ; Green, Peter

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., Univ. of Manchester Inst. of Sci. & Technol., UK

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

692

Lastpage

696

Abstract

We present a novel method for developing reconfigurable system targeted at embedded system applications. We show how an existing object oriented design method (MOOSE) has been adapted and enhanced to include reconfigurable hardware (FPGAs). Our work represents a significant advance over current embedded system design methods in that it integrates the use of reconfigurable hardware components with a systematic design method for complete systems. The objective is to produce an object oriented design methodology where system objects can be seamlessly implemented in either software or reconfigurable hardware

Keywords

embedded systems; field programmable gate arrays; hardware-software codesign; object-oriented methods; reconfigurable architectures; FPGA; MOOSE; OO method; cosynthesis; embedded system applications; object oriented design method; reconfigurable computing systems; reconfigurable hardware; systematic design method; Application specific integrated circuits; Design methodology; Electrical capacitance tomography; Embedded computing; Embedded system; Energy management; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Object oriented modeling; Power system management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition 2000. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

0-7695-0537-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DATE.2000.840862

Filename

840862