Paper Info
Title
Application specific instruction set processor for sensor conditioning in automotive applications.
Abstract
In the automotive electronic market, sensor conditioning is one of the driving applications. Sensor solutions are pervasive in the vehicle, while signal processing in such application is getting more and more complex. Currently the design strategy is often the standard ASIC flow, but the design effort can be reduced by automatic or platform-aided design strategies, or by using software-based solutions. In this paper SensASIP platform is presented. It is a design platform targeting a microprocessor architecture enhanced by dedicated instructions for computing intensive sensor signal processing tasks. SensASIP allows a seamless design flow from MATLAB-based algorithm definition and instruction set design and simulation, down to hardware macrocell HDL description and implementation in CMOS technology. SensASIP features are described through two automotive sensor conditioning examples. Special focus is put on its increased flexibility and reduced design-effort vs. standard ASIC design approach and on its low complexity overhead vs. other state-of-art software-based solutions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.micpro.2016.10.001
Microprocessors and Microsystems - Embedded Hardware Design
Keywords
Field
DocType
ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit),ASIP (Application Specific Instruction set Processor),Digital design,Sensor conditioning,Automotive,Signal processing,Design platform
Signal processing,Design strategy,Application-specific instruction-set processor,Computer science,Design flow,Real-time computing,Software,Computer hardware,Parallel computing,Application-specific integrated circuit,Macrocell,Automotive industry,Embedded system
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
47
PB
0141-9331
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Arcangelo Sisto100.68
Luca Pilato201.01
Riccardo Serventi3313.92
Sergio Saponara439258.59
Luca Fanucci553282.83