PROCESS FOR THE PROTOTYPING OF MIXED SIGNAL APPLICATIONS AND FIELD PROGRAMMABLE SYSTEM ON A CHIP FOR APPLYING SAID PROCESS

摘要

Process for the prototyping of mixed signal applications and fieldprogrammable system on a chip for the application of said process, to be usedindependently in relation to a associated hardware in order to enable the userto specify, simulate, emulate and project a complete design and its prototyping,said function being integrated in a unique design setting, said process alsocomprising the schematic capture and simulation of mixed signals, the readingand writing of the configuration, the examination in real time of any point withinthe digital blocks or the analog subsystems which are part of said associatedhardware, the change of data in real time within some programmable digitalcells of said associated hardware, the configuration and reconfiguration of saidprogrammable digital cells, the interaction with the associated hardware, theexecution of general purpose user programs, the storage of configurationcontext throughout the circuit with a microprocessor control and the delivery ofdata to an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) using an ASIC library,The system comprises a microprocessor (2), at least one digital macro cell (3),a RAM memory (1), some analog cells (4) and interfaces (5,6,7,8) for theconection of said cells.