Browsing by Author "Hardy, Ricky"

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    An FPGA-based Daughtercard for TIs C6000 family of DSKs
    (2005-06-01) Gadhiok, Manik; Hardy, Ricky; Murphy, Patrick; Frantz, Patrick; Choi, Hyeokho; Cavallaro, Joseph R.; Digital Signal Processing (http://dsp.rice.edu/)
    In this paper we present an FPGA-based daughtercard designed for TIs C6000 family of DSP Starter Kits (DSKs). The hardware, initially designed for a course project, provides a platform for studying heterogeneous systems and hardware software co-design. Students will leverage the DSK-FPGA system for rapid prototyping of signal processing algorithms and to study task-partitioning and system integration. These techniques are becoming increasingly important for system designers as we move to system-on-chip (SOC) devices. The daughtercard hardware is fully functional, and a software package is being developed to provide a seamless communication interface between the DSK and FPGA.
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    VALID: Custom ASIC Verification and FPGA Education Platform
    (2003-06-01) Murphy, Patrick; Welsh, Erik; Frantz, Patrick; Hardy, Ricky; Mohsenin, Tinoosh; Cavallaro, Joseph R.; Center for Multimedia Communications (http://cmc.rice.edu/)
    This paper describes VALID, a platform for testing student designed ASICs and for teaching the basics of FPGA design. VALID is designed to maximize ease of use from a student?s perspective while maintaining enough flexibility for its use as an FPGA development and instruction platform. This system was designed entirely by students, has been successfully manufactured and is currently being used in a number of courses at Rice.