A guide to migrating from microprocessor to FPGA coping with the support tool limitations

作     者：Bezerra, EA Gough, MP 

作者机构：Univ Sussex Ctr Space Sci Sch Engn Brighton BN1 9QT E Sussex England Pontificia Univ Catolica Rio Grande do Sul PUC RS Informat Fac Porto Alegre RS Brazil 

出 版 物：《MICROPROCESSORS AND MICROSYSTEMS》 (微处理机与微型系统)

年 卷 期：2000年第23卷第10期

页      面：561-572页

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学科分类：0808[工学-电气工程] 08[工学] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

基　　金：CNPq-Brazilian Council for the Development of Science and Technology PUCRS-Pontific Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 

主　　题：configurable computing VHDL field-programmable gate arrays embedded system computer architecture 

摘      要：Microprocessors have been used as the main processing elements of embedded systems mainly because of their low cost, flexibility for system upgrade at the software level and because of the availability of efficient support tools. The configurable computing technology brought the software flexibility to the hardware level, but limitations in support tools are a barrier for software designers. Using a microcontroller based embedded system as a study case, this paper introduces workable strategies to be used by software designers to develop a complete embedded system (software + hardware parts) using a single description language, and circumventing support tool limitations. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.