Title :
Reliable Railway Station System Based on Regular Structure Implemented in FPGA
Author :
Borecký, Jaroslav ; Kubalík, Pavel ; Kubátová, Hana
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Czech Tech. Univ. in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract :
The method how to design a safety device of railway station efficiently and scalable is proposed. The safety device for any configuration of railway station can be built from five basic blocks. These basic blocks are connected together with universal interface. Each block is based on a finite state machine. The finite state machines are "Moore" type. Each state machine is divided into three basic parts, where each part is designed as a self-checking circuit ensuring fault detection. Our methodology is intended for final implementation in FPGA and hence SEU faults occurring in the system is assumed.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; railway safety; railways; reliability; FPGA; Moore type; basic blocks; finite state machine; regular structure; reliable railway station system; self-checking circuit; universal interface; Automata; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Computer architecture; Design methodology; Electrical fault detection; Error correction; Field programmable gate arrays; Rail transportation; Safety devices; FPGA; Fault Tolerant design; Finite State Machine; Railway Station; SEU; Secure Device;
Conference_Titel :
Digital System Design, Architectures, Methods and Tools, 2009. DSD '09. 12th Euromicro Conference on
Conference_Location :
Patras
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3782-5
DOI :
10.1109/DSD.2009.210