SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FPGA DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION

摘要

A design environment for FPGA applications enables configuration of an FPGA platform to include a user design and one or more interface units, which the user design can use to access one or more external modules/devices without needing any particular knowledge of the structure and operation of such modules/devices. The interface unit corresponding to an external device/module, under the control of an operating environment, can establish a communication between the user design and the external module/device. An external processing module can use an interface unit to monitor and/or control a user design.

主权项

1. A field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based scalable system, comprising:
a first FPGA unit, comprising:
a partition for a user design;a reconfigurable interface that is: (i) implemented using FPGA reconfigurable circuits, and (ii) configured to exchange data with the user design, the reconfigurable interface comprising a first interface unit; anda controller configured to establish a first communication channel between the first interface unit and at least one of a processing module and a first external module.