Title: On-demand FPGA run-time system for flexible and dynamical reconfiguration

Authors: Michael Ullmann, Michael Hubner, Jurgen Becker

Addresses: Institut fur Technik der Informationsverarbeitung (ITIV), Universitat Karlsruhe (TH), Germany. ' Institut fur Technik der Informationsverarbeitung (ITIV), Universitat Karlsruhe (TH), Germany. ' Institut fur Technik der Informationsverarbeitung (ITIV), Universitat Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

Abstract: As the number of built in microcontroller- and ASIC-based automotive control devices grows, it will become an increasing problem for the most automobile manufacturers since communication, power consumption, available space and cost become important issues for a growing number of engine control units needed for future automotive applications. This contribution presents a first approach for a flexible versatile FPGA-based run-time system supporting a resource saving function-multiplex which can be a possible solution for the arising problems as mentioned above.

Keywords: ECUs; on-demand FPGA; partial run-time reconfiguration; run-time system; flexible reconfiguration; dynamic reconfiguration; reconfigurable architectures; automotive control; automobile industry; embedded systems.

DOI: 10.1504/IJES.2005.009949

International Journal of Embedded Systems, 2005 Vol.1 No.3/4, pp.193 - 204

Published online: 05 Jun 2006 *

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