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Hardware emulation board based on field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and programmable interconnections.

by Lo Wing-yee. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves vii-ix). / ABSTRACT --- p.i / LIST OF TABLES --- p.iv / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.v / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Traditional Design Prototyping --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- In-Circuit Rapid Prototyping System --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- A Summary of Prototyping Systems Available --- p.5 / Chapter 1.4 --- Universal Prototyping Board (UPB) --- p.6 / Chapter 2. --- HARDWARE DESIGNS --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1 --- Bus Interconnection --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Fixed buses --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Programmable buses --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- Architectural Features --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Field programmable gate array --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Microprocessor --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Memory --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Buffers --- p.18 / Chapter 3. --- SOFTWARE TOOLS --- p.20 / Chapter 3.1 --- Critical Path Analysis --- p.20 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Algorithm of critical path analysis --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Computation time --- p.21 / Chapter 3.2 --- Circuit Partitioning --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Partitioning algorithm --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Effects of partitioning --- p.36 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Partitioning parameters --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Pseudo-code of partitioner --- p.39 / Chapter 3.3 --- IO Assignments --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Connect 4 FPGAs --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Connect 3 FPGAs --- p.42 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Connect 2 FPGAs --- p.44 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- System IO (Connect 1 FPGA) --- p.47 / Chapter 3.4 --- Other Tools --- p.48 / Chapter 4. --- STRUCTURE ANALYSIS --- p.49 / Chapter 5. --- RESULTS --- p.52 / Chapter 6. --- FUTURE DIRECTION --- p.73 / Chapter 6.1 --- Other Possible Configurations --- p.73 / Chapter 6.2 --- Programmable Interconnection --- p.73 / Chapter 6.3 --- Expandability of UPB --- p.74 / Chapter 7. --- CONCLUSION --- p.75 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.vii / APPENDICES --- p.x

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318185
Date January 1994
ContributorsLo, Wing-yee., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Electronic Engineering.
PublisherChinese University of Hong Kong
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vi, 76, vii-lxxxvii leaves : ill. (some folded) ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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