Title :
A prototyping system for verification and evaluation in hardware-software cosynthesis
Author :
Benner, Th. ; Ernst, R. ; Könenkamp, I. ; Schüler, P. ; Schaub, H.-C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Datenverarbeitungsanlagen, Tech. Univ. Braunschweig, Germany
Abstract :
We present a system emulator for rapid prototyping of small embedded HW/SW-systems with hard timing constraints generated by a HW/SW cosynthesis system. It consists of a standard core processor and an application specific coprocessor, which is emulated by XILINX FPGAs. A byte slice architecture allows to emulate rather complex coprocessors. The system emulator supports the prototyping, debugging and time measurement in a comfortable way
Keywords :
circuit analysis computing; coprocessors; field programmable gate arrays; logic CAD; logic design; program debugging; program verification; real-time systems; software prototyping; XILINX FPGAs; application specific coprocessor; byte slice architecture; debugging; evaluation; hard timing constraints; hardware-software cosynthesis; prototyping system; standard core processor; system emulator; time measurement; verification; Application software; Coprocessors; Debugging; Embedded software; Emulation; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Rapid System Prototyping, 1995. Proceedings., Sixth IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Chapel Hill, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7100-9
DOI :
10.1109/IWRSP.1995.518571
