Title :
Register-transfer level simulation
Author_Institution :
Centre for Intelligent Inf. Process. Syst., Western Australia Univ., Nedlands, WA, Australia
Abstract :
We present the tool Retro (Register-Transfer Object Hardware Simulator) for simulating digital hardware systems at register-transfer level. The tool has been implemented in Java and is used for educational purposes. It provides simulation primitives for combinatorial gates, multiplexers, function units, clocks, registers, memory and I/O units. A system is constructed by picking and placing components from the menu to the canvas and interconnecting them. Simulation is then performed either in a stepwise or continuous fashion. Simulated circuits can be either synchronous or asynchronous and can range from simple examples to complete CPUs with programs in ROM and data in RAM
Keywords :
Java; logic CAD; logic simulation; Java; RAM; ROM; Retro; clocks; combinatorial gates; digital hardware systems; educational purposes; function units; multiplexers; register-transfer level simulation; register-transfer object hardware simulator; registers; simulation primitives; Central Processing Unit; Circuit simulation; Clocks; Displays; Hardware; Java; Libraries; Random access memory; Registers; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, 2000. Proceedings. 8th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0728-X
DOI :
10.1109/MASCOT.2000.876563
