EDN

Hardware/firmware interface design – Design, part 1

Editor's Note: Designing a robust hardware/firmware interface is not a simple process. It's no accident that engineers charged with this task are generally the more senior and experienced engineers on ...
Design-Reuse

Tutorial: The SA Forum's Hardware Platform Interface

A standard that is gaining broad acceptance and adoption in embedded systems in a variety of markets is the Service Availability Forum’s Hardware Platform Interface (HPI). It is one of three it has ...
Design-Reuse

Hardware/Software Partitioning and Interface Synthesis in Networks On Chip

With deep sub-micron technology, chip designers are expected to create System-On-Chip (SOC) solutions by connecting different Intellectual Property (IP) blocks using efficient and reliable ...
Electronic Design

Prototyping Speeds Hardware Validation, Interface IP Certification

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. The SoC design world is full of challenges and unforeseeable hurdles, especially for protocol developers and early ...
Electronic Design

Does Your App Have Hardware Interface Issues? There’s A Solution For That

Fig 1. Mobile phones saw incredible growth and evolution from 2000 to 2011, with functionality that rivals many personal computers. Fig 2. With the right interface, you can turn your mobile phone into ...
EDN

Hardware/firmware interface design – Design, part 3

A success factor of embedded systems products is its performance. Is it fast enough to meet the customer’s requirements and expectations? But is it cheap enough that the customer will buy it? Putting ...