DESIGN METHODOLOGY OF APPLICATION SPECIFIC PROCESSORS FOR MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS

Manfred Glesner - Thuyen Le - Minh-Duc Doan - Andreas Kirschbaum - Frank-Michael Renner

   The growing importance of mechatronics, a multi-disciplinary approach to engineering is becoming increasingly apparent. Mechatronics is the fundamental key in the progress of mechanical devices toward intelligent products and can be regarded as the fusion of mechanics, electronics and computer architecture processes. After introduction of mechatronics and the Special Research Program SFB-241 "IMES" (Innovative Mechatronic Systems) this paper highlights a methodology for specification, prototyping and emulation using real-world applications currently investigated at the Institute of Microelectronic Systems. Selected applications will illustrate different aspects of the presented design methodology.

Keywords: mechatronics, rapid prototyping, algorithm emulation, hardware-in-the-loop simulation

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