Resumo: Este trabalho trata da análise, desenvolvimento e implementação de um estágio Pré- Regulador Retificador Boost de alto fator de potência, para servir como fonte de alimentação para sistemas de iluminação fluorescente multi-lâmpadas, com potência de até 1.200 watts e com índices de qualidade tanto para a fonte de alimentação em corrente alternada quanto para o sistema de iluminação. Este conversor será controlado de forma digital, através da técnica dos valores médios instantâneos da corrente de entrada, desenvolvido através da linguagem de descrição de hardware VHDL (VHSIC HDL - Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language) e implementado em um dispositivo FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) Spartan 3. Neste trabalho são apresentadas análises matemáticas, para a obtenção das funções de transferência pertinentes ao projeto dos compensadores, onde será aplicada uma metodologia de projeto capaz de projetar estes compensadores utilizando os diagramas de Bode, de módulo e de fase, e ainda contemplar as influencias dos dispositivos A/D, D/A e do processador digital de sinais. Isto eliminará os erros presentes nos projetos via aproximação e permitirá a diminuição das taxas de aquisição necessárias. O projeto é simulado e validado através da plataforma MatLab/Simulink, onde são apresentados resultados para o regime permanente e para transitórios de carga e da tensão de alimentação. Além disso, o controle do conversor através da linguagem VHDL, usando o modelo comportamental num estilo de projeto topdown, é apresentado e também validado através de simulação. Ademais, um sucinto estudo dos reatores eletrônicos convencionais é apresentado, com o intuito de sevir como base para o desenvolvimento de um filtro capaz de barrar as componentes em ca da corrente que circula entre o capacitor de saída... (Resumo completo clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This work presents the analysis, development and implementation of a single-phase power factor correction (PFC) pre-regulator rectifier, based on boost circuit, to act as a power supply for 1.200 watts multi-lamp fluorescent systems. The converter's digital control will be implemented using the average current mode control, based on VHDL language (VHSIC HDL - Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language) and using a FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) device. In this work, the mathematical analyses of the converter's model are developed in order to obtain the proper transfer functions to design voltage and current digital compensators. The methodology applied at the digital design is capable to deal with the Bode diagrams and incorporate the analog to digital converter, the digital to analog converter and the digital signal processor, eliminating the uncertainties involving approximation methodologies and minimizing the necessity of high level of acquisition rates. This project is evaluated through MatLab/Simulink, showing results for steady-state operation and dynamics in order to analyze the converter's response. Moreover, the converter's digital control is based on VHDL language, using the behavioral modeling in a top-down project style, which is presented and validated through simulation results. In addition, the behavior of the conventional electronic ballasts are presented in order to help in the development of a filter, capable to impede the circulation of the AC components of the ballast current throught the feeding link, guaranteeing the continuous current conduction, among the boost capacitor and the electronic ballasts. Finally, this work presents the laboratorial development of this PFC with digital control, where the prototype was evaluated through experimental results. / Orientador: Carlos Alberto Canesin / Coorientador: Fabio Toshiaki Wakabayashi / Banca: Claudio Kitano / Banca: Arnaldo José Perin / Mestre

Uma sequencia de vídeo pode ser adquirida de forma progressiva ou entrelaçada. No padrão de codificação de vídeo H.264/AVC os campos de uma imagem entrelaçada podem ser codificados em modo frame (campos top e bottom entrelaçados) ou em modo field (campos top e bottom agrupados separadamente). Quando a escolha é adaptativa para cada par de macro blocos a codificação é chamada de Macroblock Adaptive Frame- Field (MBAFF). Inovações na predição inter-quadro do H.264/AVC contribuíram significantemente para a performance do padrão alcançar o dobro da taxa de compressão do seu antecessor (ITU, 1994), ao custo de um grande aumento de complexidade computacional do CODEC. Dentro da predição inter-quadro, o bloco de compensação de movimento (MC) é responsável pela reconstrução de um bloco de pixels. No decodificador apresentado em (BONATTO, 2012) está integrada uma solução em hardware para o MC que suporta a maior parte do conjunto de ferramentas do perfil Main do H.264/AVC. A compensação de movimento pode ser dividida em predição de vetores e processamento de amostras. No processamento de amostras é realizada a interpolação e a ponderação de amostras. O módulo de ponderação de amostras, ou predição ponderada, utiliza fatores de escala para escalonar as amostras na saída do MC. Isso é muito útil quando há esvanecimento no vídeo. Inicialmente este trabalho apresenta um estudo do processo de compensação de movimento, segundo o padrão de codificação de vídeo H.264/AVC. São abordadas todas as ferramentas da predição inter-quadro, incluindo o tratamento de vídeo entrelaçado e todos os possíveis modos de codificação para o mesmo. A seguir é apresentada uma arquitetura em hardware para a predição ponderada do MC. Esta arquitetura atende o perfil main do H.264/AVC, que prevê a decodificação de imagens frame, field ou MBAFF. A arquitetura apresentada é baseada no compensador de movimento contido no decodificador apresentado em (BONATTO, 2012), que não tem suporte a predição ponderada e a vídeo entrelaçado. A arquitetura proposta é composta por dois módulos: Scale Factor Prediction (SFP) e Weighted Samples Prediction (WSP) . A arquitetura foi desenvolvida em linguagem VHDL e a simulação temporal mostrou que a mesma pode decodificar imagens MBAFF em tempo real @60i. Dessa forma, tornando-se uma ferramenta muito útil ao desenvolvimento de sistemas de codificação e decodificação em HW. Não foi encontrada, na literatura atual, uma solução em hardware para compensação de movimento do padrão H.264/AVC com suporte a codificação MBAFF. / A video sequence can be acquired in a progressive or interlaced mode. In the video coding H.264/AVC standard an interlaced picture can be encoded in frame mode (top and bottom fields interlaced) or field mode (top and bottom fields combined separately). When the choice for each pair of macro-blocks coding is adaptive, it is called Macroblock Adaptive Frame-Field (MBAFF). The innovations in the inter-frame prediction of H.264/AVC contributed significantly to the performance of the standard that achieved twice the compression ratio of its predecessor (ITU, 1994), at the cost of a large increase in computational complexity of the CODEC. In the inter-frame prediction, the motion compensation (MC) module is responsible for the reconstruction of a pixel's block. In the decoder shown in (BONATTO 2012) an integrated hardware solution to the MC is included which can decode most of the H.264/AVC main profile tools. The motion compensation can be divided into motion vectors prediction and sample processing. In the sample processing part, samples interpolation and weighting are performed. The weighted samples prediction module uses scale factors to weight the samples for generating the output pixels. This is useful in video fading. Initially, this work presents a study of the motion compensation process, according to the H.264/AVC standard. It covers all of inter-frame prediction tools, including all possible coding modes for interlaced video. A hardware architecture for the weighted samples prediction of MC is shown next. It is in compliance with the main profile of H.264/AVC standard, therefore it can decode frame, field and MBAFF pictures. The architecture presented is based on the motion compensator used in the (BONATTO, 2012) decoder, which does not support the weighted prediction and interlaced video. The purposed architecture is composed by two modules: Scale Factor Prediction (SFP) and Weighted Samples Prediction (WSP). The hardware implementation was described using VHDL and the timing simulation has shown that it can decode MBAFF pictures in real time @60i. Therefore, this is an useful tool for hardware CODEC development. Similar hardware solution for H.264/AVC weighted prediction that supports MBAFF coding was not found is previous works.

Na atualidade, as redes públicas de comunicação de dados representam uma nova oportunidade para a aplicação das tecnologias IEEE 802 (baseadas na tecnologia Ethernet). Tanto nas redes de acesso, como nas redes metropolitanas e de núcleo, existe uma crescente demanda pela instalação de equipamentos com grande número de interfaces Ethernet. Em alguns casos, opta-se por equipamentos capazes de emular os serviços das tecnologias legadas ATM/SDH sobre Ethernet e viceversa. Nesse sentido, novos protocolos e novas formas de transmissão de dados utilizando a tecnologia Ethernet estão surgindo para consolidar a convergência das redes de comutação de circuitos (infraestrutúra legada) e as redes de comutação de pacotes; com a ideia de constituir uma rede mais homogênea, flexível e de baixo custo. Um claro exemplo é a adessão dos protocolos de Operação, Administração e Manuntenção (OAM) nas redes Ethernet, os quais permitem um nível de controle semelhante ao de tecnologias como ATM e SDH. OAM possibilita a monitoração de falhas na rede, a configuração e o acompanhamento dos eventos de segurança, assim como também a contabilização de tráfego por assinante; permitindo desta forma o atendimento de diferentes SLAs (Service-Level Agreements) de clientes. Para que isto seja uma realidade, é muito importante reforçar o controle da borda que delimita a rede do cliente final da rede pública. Com esse fim, estão surgindo normas como a IEEE P802.1aj, que define um dispositivo de demarcação de rede que serve como entidade controladora de serviços entre o provedor e o cliente final; sendo sua principal característica o suporte OAM no enlace com o provedor de serviços. Este dispositivo - conhecido comercialmente como Ethernet Demarcation Device (EDD)- é o foco do presente trabalho. Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal desenvolver arquiteturas System-on-a-Programable Chip (SoPC) para um EDD de duas portas, partindo do desenvolvimento de módulos de propriedade intelectual (IP). Foram projetadas duas arquiteturas de EDD, as quais permitem o encaminhamento de pacotes entre duas portas Ethernet e incorporam um processador MicroBlaze para implementação Software do protocolo OAM, segundo a norma IEEE 802.3ah. Como resultado, foram elaborados 7 módulos IP: Módulo Fast Ethernet MAC (FEMAC), Módulo Gigabit Ethernet MAC (GEMAC), Módulo Packet FIFO, Módulo OAM Ethernet, Módulo MII Managment (MIIM), Módulo PHY Ethernet PCS/PMA 1000Base-X (PHY1000X) e Módulo Bit-Error Rate Tester (BERT). Todos os módulos foram descritos em VHDL e logo sintetizados para um dispositivo FPGA da família Virtex-II Pro da Xilinx, quanto para standard-cells utilizando a tecnologia CMOS AMS 0.35μm únicamente nos Módulos FEMAC e GEMAC. Os resultados de síntese mostram que o Módulo MIIM e o Módulo PHY1000X possuim um melhor aproveitamento de recursos de área que seus equivalentes disponíveis no OpenCores e no CoreGen da Xilinx, respectivamente. As arquiteturas SoPC foram prototipadas sobre a placa de desenvolvimento AVNET Virtex-II Pro, a qual permite comunicação com dispositivos de rede através de interfaces elétricas e ópticas. Finalmente, é proposta uma metodologia de validação física das arquiteturas alvo para estas atenderem o regime de vazão máxima (1Gbit/s ou 100Mbit/s), assim como também testes de conformidade como os definidos pela norma IEEE 802.3. / Nowadays, public networks represent a new opportunity for the application of IEEE 802 technologies, which have their basis on Ethernet Technology. In both Access and Metropolitan and Core networks there is a growing demand for the installation of equipments with a large number of Ethernet interfaces. In some cases, equipments capable of emulating the services of the ATM/SDH legacy technologies over Ethernet (and vice versa) are chosen. In this manner, new protocols and data transmission forms using Ethernet technology are emerging in order to consolidate the convergence of circuit switching networks (traditional infrastructure) and packet switching networks; with the common objetive of constituting a more uniform, flexible, low-cost network. A good example is the incorporation of Operation, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) protocols in Ethernet networks, which allow a control level similar to that one of technologies such as ATM and SDH. OAM allows the monitoring of network fails, the configuration and tracking the security events, as well as the counting of traffic per client in a way that permits to attend several SLAs (Service-Level Agreements). In order to bring this to reality, it is critical to reinforce the control of the edge which limits the client network from the public networks. With this aim, standards such as IEEE P802.1aj are emerging; this standard defines a network demarcation device, which is used as a service controlling entity between the provider and the end customer, having as main feature the OAM support in the link with the service provider. This work is focused on this device, commercially known as Ethernet Demarcation Device (EDD). The principal objective of this work is to develop SoPC (System-on-a-Programable chip) architectures for an EDD, starting from the development of Intellectual Property Cores (IP). Two EDD architectures were designed, which allow the packet forwarding between two Ethernet interfaces and incorporate a Soft processor Microblaze for the SW implementation of the OAM protocol according to the standard IEEE802.3ah. As a result, eight IP cores were elaborated: Soft IP Core Fast Ethernet MAC (FEMAC), Soft IP Core Gigabit Ethernet MAC (GEMAC), Soft IP Core Packet FIFO, Soft IP Core OAM Ethernet, Soft IP Core MII Managment (MIIM), Soft IP Core PHY Ethernet PCS/PMA 1000Base-X (PHY1000X) and the Soft IP Core Bit-Error Rate Tester (BERT). All IP modules were described in VHDL and then synthesized for the FPGA Xilinx Virtex-II Pro device, as well as for standard-cells using the CMOS AMS 0.35um technology for the modules FEMAC and GEMAC. The synthesis results show that the module MIIM and module PHY1000X have a better use of the area resources than the ones available in OpenCores and CoreGen of Xilinx respectively. The SoPC architectures were prototyped on AVNET Virtex-II Pro Development kit Board, which allows communication with network devices through electrical and optical interfaces. Finally, we propose a validation methodology of both architecture so these are able to attend a maximum throughput regimen (1Gbit/s ou 100Mbit/s), as well as appropriate levels of approval with what standard IEEE 802.3 defines.

Uma sequencia de vídeo pode ser adquirida de forma progressiva ou entrelaçada. No padrão de codificação de vídeo H.264/AVC os campos de uma imagem entrelaçada podem ser codificados em modo frame (campos top e bottom entrelaçados) ou em modo field (campos top e bottom agrupados separadamente). Quando a escolha é adaptativa para cada par de macro blocos a codificação é chamada de Macroblock Adaptive Frame- Field (MBAFF). Inovações na predição inter-quadro do H.264/AVC contribuíram significantemente para a performance do padrão alcançar o dobro da taxa de compressão do seu antecessor (ITU, 1994), ao custo de um grande aumento de complexidade computacional do CODEC. Dentro da predição inter-quadro, o bloco de compensação de movimento (MC) é responsável pela reconstrução de um bloco de pixels. No decodificador apresentado em (BONATTO, 2012) está integrada uma solução em hardware para o MC que suporta a maior parte do conjunto de ferramentas do perfil Main do H.264/AVC. A compensação de movimento pode ser dividida em predição de vetores e processamento de amostras. No processamento de amostras é realizada a interpolação e a ponderação de amostras. O módulo de ponderação de amostras, ou predição ponderada, utiliza fatores de escala para escalonar as amostras na saída do MC. Isso é muito útil quando há esvanecimento no vídeo. Inicialmente este trabalho apresenta um estudo do processo de compensação de movimento, segundo o padrão de codificação de vídeo H.264/AVC. São abordadas todas as ferramentas da predição inter-quadro, incluindo o tratamento de vídeo entrelaçado e todos os possíveis modos de codificação para o mesmo. A seguir é apresentada uma arquitetura em hardware para a predição ponderada do MC. Esta arquitetura atende o perfil main do H.264/AVC, que prevê a decodificação de imagens frame, field ou MBAFF. A arquitetura apresentada é baseada no compensador de movimento contido no decodificador apresentado em (BONATTO, 2012), que não tem suporte a predição ponderada e a vídeo entrelaçado. A arquitetura proposta é composta por dois módulos: Scale Factor Prediction (SFP) e Weighted Samples Prediction (WSP) . A arquitetura foi desenvolvida em linguagem VHDL e a simulação temporal mostrou que a mesma pode decodificar imagens MBAFF em tempo real @60i. Dessa forma, tornando-se uma ferramenta muito útil ao desenvolvimento de sistemas de codificação e decodificação em HW. Não foi encontrada, na literatura atual, uma solução em hardware para compensação de movimento do padrão H.264/AVC com suporte a codificação MBAFF. / A video sequence can be acquired in a progressive or interlaced mode. In the video coding H.264/AVC standard an interlaced picture can be encoded in frame mode (top and bottom fields interlaced) or field mode (top and bottom fields combined separately). When the choice for each pair of macro-blocks coding is adaptive, it is called Macroblock Adaptive Frame-Field (MBAFF). The innovations in the inter-frame prediction of H.264/AVC contributed significantly to the performance of the standard that achieved twice the compression ratio of its predecessor (ITU, 1994), at the cost of a large increase in computational complexity of the CODEC. In the inter-frame prediction, the motion compensation (MC) module is responsible for the reconstruction of a pixel's block. In the decoder shown in (BONATTO 2012) an integrated hardware solution to the MC is included which can decode most of the H.264/AVC main profile tools. The motion compensation can be divided into motion vectors prediction and sample processing. In the sample processing part, samples interpolation and weighting are performed. The weighted samples prediction module uses scale factors to weight the samples for generating the output pixels. This is useful in video fading. Initially, this work presents a study of the motion compensation process, according to the H.264/AVC standard. It covers all of inter-frame prediction tools, including all possible coding modes for interlaced video. A hardware architecture for the weighted samples prediction of MC is shown next. It is in compliance with the main profile of H.264/AVC standard, therefore it can decode frame, field and MBAFF pictures. The architecture presented is based on the motion compensator used in the (BONATTO, 2012) decoder, which does not support the weighted prediction and interlaced video. The purposed architecture is composed by two modules: Scale Factor Prediction (SFP) and Weighted Samples Prediction (WSP). The hardware implementation was described using VHDL and the timing simulation has shown that it can decode MBAFF pictures in real time @60i. Therefore, this is an useful tool for hardware CODEC development. Similar hardware solution for H.264/AVC weighted prediction that supports MBAFF coding was not found is previous works.

Audio coding is used to compress digital audio signals, thereby reducing the amount of bits needed to transmit or to store an audio signal. This is useful when network bandwidth or storage capacity is very limited. Audio compression algorithms are based on an encoding and decoding process. In the encoding step, the uncompressed audio signal is transformed into a coded representation, thereby compressing the audio signal. Thereafter, the coded audio signal eventually needs to be restored (e.g. for playing back) through decoding of the coded audio signal. The decoder receives the bitstream and reconverts it into an uncompressed signal. ISO-MPEG is a standard for high-quality, low bit-rate video and audio coding. The audio part of the standard is composed by algorithms for high-quality low-bit-rate audio coding, i.e. algorithms that reduce the original bit-rate, while guaranteeing high quality of the audio signal. The audio coding algorithms consists of MPEG-1 (with three different layers), MPEG-2, MPEG-2 AAC, and MPEG-4. This work presents a study of the MPEG-4 AAC audio coding algorithm. Besides, it presents the implementation of the AAC algorithm on different platforms, and comparisons among implementations. The implementations are in C language, in Assembly of Intel Pentium, in C-language using DSP processor, and in HDL. Since each implementation has its own application niche, each one is valid as a final solution. Moreover, another purpose of this work is the comparison among these implementations, considering estimated costs, execution time, and advantages and disadvantages of each one.

Today’s electronics in aviation (avionics) are more complex than ever before. With higher requirements on safety and reliability and with new SoC (System on Chip) technology, the validation and verification of designs meet new challenges. In commercial and military aircraft there are many safety-critical systems that need to be reliable. The consequences of a failure of a safety-critical system onboard a civil or military aircraft are immeasurably more serious than a glitch or a bit-flip in a consumer appliance or Internet service delivery. If possible hazards are found early in the design process, a lot of work can be saved later on. Certain structures in the code are prone to produce glitchy logic and timing problems and should be avoided. This thesis will strengthen Saab Avitronics knowledge of adaptable rule checking tools for HDL, with a market analysis of the tools available. Moreover will it evaluate two of the most suitable tools and finally it will describe some of the design issues that exist when coding safety-critical systems. Finally it is concluded that the introduction of static rule checking tools will help the validator to find dangerous constructs in the code. However, it will not be possible to fully automate rule checking for safety-critical systems, because of the high requirements on reliability.

Denna rapport behandlar konstruktion och tillverkning av ett videokort till Versa Module Eurocard (VME) bussen. Kortet skall användas vid laborationer i kurser där mikrodatorkort VM42 från PEP Modular Computer används. Grafikkortet klarar en upplösning på minst 640x480 punkter med 24-bitars färg. Hela konstruktionen är uppbyggd kring Lattice® MACH4A3-384/160. Designen av MACH kretsen är uppbyggd i Very High speed integrated hardware Description Language (VHDL) med hjälp av programmen ActiveHDL, Synplify Pro®, ispDesignExpert samt LatticePRO. / This report is about the construction and fabrication of a video card for the Versa Module Euro card (VME) bus. The card will be used as a platform in laborations in courses including the VM42 microcontroller from PEP Modular Computer. The card is able to display a resolution of at least 640x480 pixels with 24bit color. The heart in the construction is the Lattice® MACH4A3-384/160 Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD). All programming is done in Very High speed integrated hardware Description Language (VHDL) with the help of ActiveHDL, Synplify Pro®, ispDesignExpert and LatticePRO software tools.

The process of combining two views of a scene in order to obtain depth information is called stereo vision. When the same is done using a computer it is then called computer stereo vision. Stereo vision is used in robotic application where depth of an object plays a role. Two cameras mounted on a rig is called a stereo camera system. Such a system is able to capture two views and enable robotic application to use the depth information to complete tasks. Anomalies are bound to occur in such a stereo rig, when both the cameras are not parallel to each other. Mounting of the cameras on a rig accurately has physical alignment limitations. Images taken from such a rig has inaccurate depth information and has to be rectified. Therefore rectification is a pre-requisite to computer stereo vision. One such a stereo rig used in this thesis is the GIMME2 stereo camera system. The system has two 10 mega-pixel cameras with on-board FPGA, RAM, processor running Linux operating system, multiple Ethernet ports and an SD card feature amongst others. Stereo rectification on memory constrained hardware is a challenging task as the process itself requires both the images to be stored in the memory. The FPGA on the GIMME2 systems must be used in order to achieve the best possible speed. Programming a system that does not have a display and for used for a specific purpose is called embedded programming. The purpose of this system is distance estimation and working with such a system falls in the Embedded Systems program. This thesis presents a method that makes rectification a step ahead for this particular system. The functionality of the algorithm is shown in MATLAB and using VHDL and is compared to available tools and systems.

Integrated circuits (ICs) are becoming increasingly complex, which leadsto long design and development times. Designing ICs in a modular fashionis efficient to shorten design and development times. Due to imperfection inIC manufacturing, all ICs are tested. An IC designed in a modular fashioncan be tested in a modular manner. To enable modular test, the IEEE 1500std has been developed to enable isolation and access of modules. Whilethe IEEE 1500 std is adopted, there is yet no commercial tool available. In this thesis we have (1) developed an IEEE 1500 std wrapper and (2)included it in a design flow based on a commercial tool, and developed scriptto automate the process. Given a module in VHDL, our design automationautomatically makes synthesis, scan insertion, test generation (ATPG), andwrapper insertion. We have applied the design flow to several benchmarksand through simulation verified the correctness.

This thesis describes a further development of a building block for programmable devices in embedded systems handling real-time functionality. Embedded systems are included in a variety of products within different technical areas such as industrial automation, consumer electronics, automotive industry, and communication-, and multimedia systems. Products ranging from trains and airplanes to microwave ovens and washing machines are controlled by embedded systems. Programmable devices constitute a part of these embedded systems. Today, a programmable device can include a complete system containing building blocks connected with each other via programs written using a hardware description language. The programmable devices can be programmed and changed over and over again and this flexibility makes it possible to explore how these building blocks can best be designed in relation to system requirements, before final implementation. This thesis describes a further development of a building block for programmable devices implemented in a non-traditional way, i.e., the implementation is written using both hardware description language and traditional software languages. This new building block handles real-time functionality in a non-traditional way that enables certain benefits, such as increased performance, predictability and less memory consumption. Using a non-traditional implementation also has its drawbacks, and e.g., extensions and adjustments can be hard to handle since modifications are required in both hardware and software programming languages. The new building block was investigated in order to see how it could be facilitated when used for real-time functionality. The configurability of the block was extended which enables further customization of the building block. This leads to the possibility to use the block within a wider spectrumof applications. It is also possible to reduce the size and cost of the final product since resource usage can be optimized. Furthermore, a mathematicalmodel estimating resource usage for real-time functionality has been developed. The model enables distinctive trade-offs comparisons, and guidance for system designers, when considering what type of real-time operating system to use in a certain design.