Title :
Development and prototyping system far an 8-bit multitask micropower processor
Author :
Fink, Stefan ; Sanchez, Eduardo
Author_Institution :
Logic Syst. Lab., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
A low power, event-driven microprocessor, called PUNCH, has been conceived, realized and commercialized in Switzerland. In this paper we present a development and prototyping system for PUNCH, composed of two main parts: an emulator and a monitor. The emulator is an implementation of the PUNCH architecture using Actel FPGA circuits, on a NuBus format card hosted by a Macintosh computer. The monitor is a program running on the Macintosh, allowing symbolic debugging (display and modification of the resources of the processor, as well as control of the execution of the applications)
Keywords :
Apple computers; computer architecture; development systems; field programmable gate arrays; microprocessor chips; program debugging; system monitoring; Actel FPGA circuits; Macintosh computer; NuBus format card; PUNCH; development system; emulator; low power event-driven microprocessor; monitor; multitask micropower processor; prototyping system; symbolic debugging; Application software; Circuits; Commercialization; Computer architecture; Computer displays; Computerized monitoring; Debugging; Field programmable gate arrays; Microprocessors; Prototypes;
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.1995.518574
