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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2015
National Instruments Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Chen Chang, Fremont, CA (US);
Kevin B. Camera, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Alexander Williams, Oakland, CA (US);
Brian Jenkins, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Ellery Cochell, Hayward, CA (US);
Robert W. Brodersen, Berkeley, CA (US);
John C. Wawrzynek, Berkeley, CA (US);
NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A design environment for FPGA applications enables configuration of an FPGA platform to include a user design and one or more interface units, which the user design can use to access one or more external modules/devices without needing any particular knowledge of the structure and operation of such modules/devices. The interface unit corresponding to an external device/module, under the control of an operating environment, can establish a communication between the user design and the external module/device. An external processing module can use an interface unit to monitor and/or control a user design.