Reconfigurable Processor

Project Title

Reconfigurable Processor

Project Area of Specialization Electrical/Electronic EngineeringProject Summary

In present era, System on Chip is growing and scaling tremendously. They are typically used in mobile computing such as tablets, smartphones, smart watches and netbooks as well as embedded system. They are replacing microcontrollers. Reconfigurable computing is considered as an effective solution to combine the high flexibility of traditional processors with the high processing efficiency of ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit). The main reason is that reconfigurable architecture can meet the requirements of different processing tasks, through the different granularity parallelism for different applications by using its reconfigurable devices. FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) is the most widely used reconfigurable devices for its dynamically scalable reconfiguration, which is the important support to implement the hardware level multitasking. Leon3 core from Gaisler is a kind of SPARC-V8 fully compatible processor, and it is the successor of the ERC32 and LEON2 processors developed for the European Space Agency (ESA). The ERC32 and LEON2 devices are currently widely used in European and international space programs, and the reliability of Leon3 has been verified. We will mainly discuss the SOC on-board computer design based on Leon3 processor core, and the methods to improve the reliability of the system to make it reliable for our application. The major milestone of this project are;

i- Design a reconfigurable processor

ii- Test an application on it.

The project will be simulation based and functional verification of proposed processor will be done using Xilinx ISE, Vivado and Modelsim.

Project Objectives

The major objectives of this project are;

i- Design a reconfigurable processor

ii- Test an application on it.

Project Implementation Method

Leon3 core from Gaisler is a kind of SPARC-V8 fully compatible processor, and it is the successor of the ERC32 and LEON2 processors developed for the European Space Agency (ESA).

• We are using this Gaisler cores to design and simulate Leon3 processor.
• Next we will add an application on it written in c code.
• Then we will mount this architecture on FPGA to check it.

Benefits of the Project

The principal benefits of reconfigurable computing are the ability to execute larger hardware designs with fewer gates and to realize the flexibility of a software-based solution while retaining the execution speed of a more traditional, hardware-based approach. This makes doing more with less a reality. We can implement embedded systems by using our desing.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The major deliverable of this project are;

i- Design a reconfigurable processor

ii- Test an application on it.

Final Deliverable of the Project Hardware SystemCore Industry OthersOther IndustriesCore Technology OthersOther TechnologiesSustainable Development Goals Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	30000
FPGA	Equipment	1	30000	30000