Title :
An evaluation of an object-based technique for hardware/software codesign
Author :
Sadler, D. ; Lloyd, D.
Author_Institution :
Comput. Res. Centre, Sheffield Univ., UK
Abstract :
This paper evaluates the potential benefits of applying an object-based approach to hardware/software codesign. We analyse the support provided for the principles of object orientation by the PARSE codesign specification notation and the VHDL hardware synthesis notation. An algorithm which translates from PARSE to VHDL is then presented and then demonstrated through a mobile phone hand-set case study
Keywords :
hardware description languages; high level synthesis; object-oriented methods; object-oriented programming; software engineering; PARSE codesign specification notation; PARSE-to-VHDL translation algorithm; VHDL hardware synthesis notation; case study; hardware/software codesign; mobile telephone handset; object-based technique; Algorithm design and analysis; Communication system software; Consumer electronics; Design methodology; Embedded software; Embedded system; Encapsulation; Hardware design languages; Software systems; Telephone sets;
Conference_Titel :
EUROMICRO 97. 'New Frontiers of Information Technology'. Short Contributions., Proceedings of the 23rd Euromicro Conference
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8215-9
DOI :
10.1109/EMSCNT.1997.658457
