摘要:
Method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for simulating an integrated circuit within a modeling system using one or more circuit description language representations of circuitry is described. By example, a circuit description language representation of the one or more circuit description language representations of circuitry is translated into a program language circuit description. A first simulation process is executed and input data is obtained therefrom. A second simulation process is executed with the input data as parametric input to produce output data, the second simulation process being derived from the program language circuit description. The output data produce by the second simulation process is provided to the first simulation process.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for creating a circuit design. An object-oriented program instantiates a plurality of objects that model a circuit design. The objects have hierarchy attributes, connectivity attributes, and display attributes that describe a plurality of modules. The hierarchy attributes define parent-child relationships between modules, the connectivity attributes define input-output connections between modules, and the display attributes define a layout of the modules for viewing. Each of the objects has an associated method for generating a design specification in a selected format. When the program is executed, the design specification is generated from the set of objects. Depending on the capabilities of the available tools, the modules and logic elements are displayed in accordance with the display attributes either from the object-oriented program or from the design specification.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for simulating operations of a circuit design that includes high-level components and HDL components. The high-level components of the design are simulated in a high-level modeling system (HLMS), and the HDL components of the design are simulated with an HDL simulator. Data values are converted from a data type of the HLMS to a logic vector compatible with the HDL simulator for each data value to be input to the HDL simulator, and a logic vector is converted from the HDL simulator to a data value of a data type compatible with the HLMS for each logic vector output from the HDL simulator. Events are scheduled for input to the HDL simulator as a function of the time of HLMS events and a maximum response time of the HDL components.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for clock stabilization detection for hardware simulation is described. More particularly, a lock signal is obtained, for example from a digital clock module. A least common multiple (LCM) clock signal is generated, for example from a clock module. A control signal is generated at least partially responsive to the LCM clock signal and the lock signal. The control signal may be generated from a state machine and applied to select circuitry, where the control signal is used to mask application of the output clock signal responsive to the control signal.
摘要:
Co-simulation of an electronic circuit design using an embedded processor on a programmable logic device (PLD). The programmable logic resources of a PLD are used to perform hardware-based co-simulation of a first portion of the electronic circuit design. Software-based co-simulation of a second portion of the electronic circuit design is performed using the embedded processor.
摘要:
A method of modeling a design in a high level modeling system that supports unidirectional data flow, may comprise identifying a bus-block to represent a connectivity of a bi-directional bus in an system. The bus-block may be represented in serial relationship with the bus. Taps may interface the bus via the bus-block. During simulation, the bus-block emulates behavior of a tri-state buffer in series with an input line for the tap interface. During synthesis, pairs of unidirectional input and output lines of opposite data-routing orientation, which may emulate bus ports to the bus-block, may be collapsed to a single bus port. The synthesis may further generate a netlist that may dispose a tri-state buffer between a tap input and the bus. The netlist may also represent layout of the tri-state buffer for driving an output of the tap.
摘要:
Various embodiments are disclosed for transferring data between blocks in a design during simulation. Operation of at least one high-level block in the design is simulated in a high-level modeling system (HLMS). A hardware-implemented block in the design is co-simulated on a hardware simulation platform. A first vector of data received by a co-simulation block is transferred to the simulated hardware-implemented block via a transfer function.
摘要:
Various approaches for controlling simulation of an electronic system are disclosed. In one approach, at least one breakpoint block is instantiated in a high-level design. The breakpoint block has an associated breakpoint condition driven by at least one signal of the design, and the design further includes at least one simulation block and at least one co-simulation block. The simulation block is simulated on a software-based simulation platform, and the co-simulation block and the breakpoint block are co-simulated on a hardware-based co-simulation platform. Advancement of a clock signal to the co-simulation block on the hardware-based co-simulation platform is inhibited in response to satisfaction of the breakpoint condition. After inhibiting the clock signal, advancement of steps of the clock signal is controlled on the co-simulation platform in one of a plurality of user-selectable clock advancement modes.
摘要:
Partial reconfiguration of a programmable logic device is used in combination with a shared memory block for communicating between two blocks of an electronic circuit design. In one embodiment, a shared memory is implemented on RAM resources of a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and a first design block implemented in resources of the FPGA is coupled to the shared memory. A second design block is also coupled to the shared memory. In response to a write request by the second design block, a process determines the RAM resources of the FPGA that correspond to the shared memory address in the write request. A configuration bitstream is generated to include configuration data for partial reconfiguration of the FPGA with the data from the write request at the appropriate RAM resources. The FPGA is partially reconfigured with the configuration bitstream via a configuration port of the FPGA.
摘要:
Method and system for creating an electronic circuit design from a system-level environment. A plurality of user-selectable system-level design objects are provided in the system-level environment. Each system-level design object is defined by a system-level function and is selectable by a system-level designer. A plurality of hardware-level design objects are also provided. Each hardware-level design object is configured to generate a hardware definition of a hardware-level function. Each system-level design object maps to one or more hardware-level design objects. In response to selections made by the designer, a system-level design is instantiated in a system-level design file. The system-level design includes user-selected ones of the system-level design objects. The system simulates behavior of the system-level design consistent with both the system-level functions and behavior of a hardware definition from the hardware-level design objects that implement the user-selected ones of the system-level design objects.