An innovative user interface for fault simulation systems

Author

Montessoro, Pier Luca

Author_Institution

CENS-CNR, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

fYear

1991

fDate

1-2 Mar 1991

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

53

Abstract

Fault simulation is a heavy task, and large experiments may require several hours to complete. So far, therefore, fault simulation has been considered a batch task. In this paper some innovative design concepts for the user interface are presented, to provide easy and powerful control of the experiments. The Creator´s user interface is an example of actual implementation. It can control one or more simulation experiments running on the same computer or on different machines in a computer network, and each simulation can be dynamically switched between interactive and batch mode. The system is based on a network communication tool, specially developed, and on the X-11 standard for the graphical features

Keywords

circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; fault location; graphical user interfaces; interactive systems; Creator simulator; X-11 standard; batch mode; dynamic switching; fault simulation systems; graphical features; interactive mode; network communication tool; user interface; Communication system control; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Computer simulation; Hardware; Network interfaces; Standards development; User interfaces; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI, 1991. Proceedings., First Great Lakes Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kalamazoo, MI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2170-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLSV.1991.143941

Filename

143941