Title :
A platform for system-on-a-chip design prototyping
Author :
Xun, Yang ; Ming, Zhu ; Hongxi, Xue ; Jinian, Bian ; Xianlong, Hong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
System prototyping is an important step in embedded system design, it can be used to validate the system functionality, performance and real time response to environment. A platform containing a microcomputer and a prototyping board is built for system-on-a-chip prototyping. A simple system-on-a-chip prototype reacting with its environment is built demonstrating the usage of the platform. The on chip system is built on prototyping board. The system environment is modeled with SystemC running on microcomputer. SystemC is a simulation environment that can be used to model hardware and software system. Some problems encountered during system prototyping is discussed. Further research on system-on-a-chip prototyping platform is presented
Keywords :
circuit CAD; computer interfaces; field programmable gate arrays; integrated circuit design; logic CAD; software prototyping; virtual machines; 8255 parallel programmable interface; FPGA; PPI; SystemC; embedded system design; prototyping board; real time response; simulation environment; system prototyping; system-on-a-chip prototyping; Automation; Design methodology; Hardware; Microcomputers; Microprocessors; Prototypes; Real time systems; Software prototyping; Software systems; System-on-a-chip;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC, 2001. Proceedings. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6677-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICASIC.2001.982679
