Hardware logic emulation system

Details Hardware logic emulation system Hardware logic emulation system

1997-05-29

1999-10-05

Jacques, Jacques H. Louis

Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing

Measurement system in a specific environment

Earth science

702118, 714725, 395500, 39550007, G06G 778

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059637358

ABSTRACT:
A system for physical emulation of electronic circuits or systems includes a data entry workstation where a user may input data representing the circuit or system configuration. This data is converted to a form suitable for programming an array of programmable gate elements provided with a richly interconnected architecture. Provision is made for externally connecting VLSI devices or other portions of a user's circuit or system. A network or internal probing interconnections is made available by utilization of unused circuit paths in the programmable gate arrays.

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