Grape-II: a system-level prototyping environment for DSP applications

Rudy Lauwereins, M. Engels, M. Adé, J.A. Peperstraete

Computer · 1995 · 158 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

We propose a rapid-prototyping setup to minimize development cost and a structured-prototyping methodology to reduce programming effort. The general-purpose hardware consists of commercial DSP processors, bond-out versions of core processors, and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) linked to form a powerful, heterogeneous multiprocessor, such as the Paradigm RP developed within the Retides (Real-Time DSP Emulation System) Esprit project. Our Graphical Rapid Prototyping Environment (Grape-II) automates the prototyping methodology for these hardware systems by offering tools for resource estimation, partitioning, assignment, routing, scheduling, code generation, and parameter modification. Grape-II has been used successfully in three real-world DSP applications.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

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