SystemC has recently been extended with the Analogue and Mixed Signal (AMS) library, with the ultimate goal of providing simulation support to analogue electronics and continuous time behaviours. SystemC-AMS allows modelling of systems that are either conservative and extremely low level or continuous time and behavioural, which is limited compared to other AMS HDLs. This work faces up this challenge, by extending SystemCAMS support to a new level of abstraction, called Analogue Behavioural Modelling (ABM), covering models that are both behavioural and conservative. This leads to a methodology that uses SystemC-AMS constructs in a novel way. Full automation of the methodology allows proof of its effectiveness both in terms of accuracy and simulation performance, and application of the overall approach to a complex industrial Micro Electro- Mechanical System (MEMS) case study. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is further highlighted in the context of virtual platforms for smart systems, as adopting a C++-based language for MEMS simulation reduces the simulation time by about 2x, thus enhancing the design and integration flow.

Conservative Behavioural Modelling in SystemC-AMS / Vinco, Sara; Lora, Michele; Zwolinski, Mark. - ELETTRONICO. - (2015). (Intervento presentato al convegno Forum on specification & Design Languages tenutosi a Barcelona (Spagna) nel 14-16 Settembre 2015) [10.1109/FDL.2015.7306361].

Conservative Behavioural Modelling in SystemC-AMS

VINCO, SARA;
2015

Abstract

SystemC has recently been extended with the Analogue and Mixed Signal (AMS) library, with the ultimate goal of providing simulation support to analogue electronics and continuous time behaviours. SystemC-AMS allows modelling of systems that are either conservative and extremely low level or continuous time and behavioural, which is limited compared to other AMS HDLs. This work faces up this challenge, by extending SystemCAMS support to a new level of abstraction, called Analogue Behavioural Modelling (ABM), covering models that are both behavioural and conservative. This leads to a methodology that uses SystemC-AMS constructs in a novel way. Full automation of the methodology allows proof of its effectiveness both in terms of accuracy and simulation performance, and application of the overall approach to a complex industrial Micro Electro- Mechanical System (MEMS) case study. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is further highlighted in the context of virtual platforms for smart systems, as adopting a C++-based language for MEMS simulation reduces the simulation time by about 2x, thus enhancing the design and integration flow.
2015
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