A new field programmable system-on-a-chip for mixed signal integration

Author

Faura, Julio ; Horton, Chris ; Krah, Bemd ; Cabestany, Joan ; Aguirre, Miguel Angel ; Insenser, J.M.

Author_Institution

SIDSA, Parque Technol., Madrid, Spain

fYear

1997

fDate

17-20 Mar 1997

Firstpage

610

Abstract

A new RAM-based, mixed-signal, multicontext dynamically reconfigurable Field Programmable Device with on-chip microprocessor is described. A completely integrated mixed-signal CAD and microprocessor programming environment is used to design and simulate electronic systems composed by microprocessor code and digital and analog hardware. The very flexible communication between the microprocessor, the configurable digital cells and the programmable analog blocks makes possible powerful integration, real-time emulation (internal signals and configuration are available to the microprocessor) and advanced run-time reconfiguration

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; circuit CAD; field programmable gate arrays; logic CAD; microprocessor chips; microprogramming; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; random-access storage; RAM-based device; configurable digital cells; field programmable device; field programmable system-on-a-chip; microprocessor programming environment; mixed signal integration; mixed-signal CAD; multicontext dynamically reconfigurable device; onchip microprocessor; programmable analog blocks; real-time emulation; Design automation; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Microcontrollers; Microprocessors; Prototypes; Random access memory; Signal design; Software prototyping; System-on-a-chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

European Design and Test Conference, 1997. ED&TC 97. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Paris

ISSN

1066-1409

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7786-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDTC.1997.582424

Filename

582424