A PicoBlaze-Based Embedded System for Monitoring Applications

Author

Antonio-Torres, D. ; Villanueva-Perez, D. ; Sanchez-Canepa, E. ; Segura-Meraz, N. ; Garcia-Garcia, D. ; Conchouso-Gonzalez, D. ; Miranda-Vergara, J.A. ; Gonzalez-Herrera, J.A. ; de Ita, A.L.R.-M. ; Hernandez-Rodriguez, B. ; de los Monteros, R.C.-E. ; Garc

Author_Institution

Tecnol. de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

fYear

2009

fDate

26-28 Feb. 2009

Firstpage

173

Lastpage

177

Abstract

PicoBlaze is an 8-bit soft core microprocessor developed by Xilinx that can be synthesized in some FPGA families. This paper presents a set of peripherals that have been developed to interface with PicoBlaze: VGA control, serial communication, PS/2 keyboard port and LCD control. To demonstrate its capabilities, the system has been implemented in a FPGA board and some typical control and monitoring systems have been developed. The design approach of the peripherals and details of the integration of the systems are explained.

Keywords

embedded systems; field programmable gate arrays; logic design; microprocessor chips; monitoring; 8-bit soft core microprocessor; FPGA board; FPGA family; LCD control; PS/2 keyboard port; PicoBlaze-based embedded system; VGA control; Xilinx; monitoring applications; serial communication; Application software; Assembly; Communication system control; Control systems; Embedded system; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware design languages; Microprocessors; Monitoring; Programmable logic arrays; Embedded systems; FPGA; VHDL; monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical, Communications, and Computers, 2009. CONIELECOMP 2009. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cholula, Puebla

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3587-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3587-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CONIELECOMP.2009.49

Filename

5163912