Title :
Automatic generation of graphical user interfaces for VHDL based controllers
Author :
Moutinho, Filipe ; Pereira, Fernando ; Gomes, Luís
Author_Institution :
Fac. de Cienc. e Tecnol., Univ. Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Abstract :
Recent trends in embedded systems can be categorized by high application sophistication, shorter product life cycles and low cost requirements. As system complexity increases, rapid application development platforms and user interface builders became an important factor to reduce design cost and time-to-market. The tools proposed in this paper enable the rapid development of applications and the respective user interfaces, with automatic VHDL code generation for FPGAs, without requiring the need to write a single line of code. With high processing power, capability to generate graphical images and interface with pointing devices, reconfigurable hardware platforms provide a very competitive solution for embedded systems.
Keywords :
cost reduction; embedded systems; field programmable gate arrays; graphical user interfaces; hardware description languages; time to market; FPGA; VHDL based controller; application development platform; automatic VHDL code generation; automatic generation; cost requirement; design cost reduction; embedded system; graphical image; graphical user interface; pointing device; product life cycle; reconfigurable hardware platform; system complexity; time-to-market; user interface builder; Animation; Field programmable gate arrays; Graphical user interfaces; Mice; Random access memory; Streaming media; Unified modeling language;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Gdansk
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9310-4
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/ISIE.2011.5984381