Evolutionary Search Applied to Reconfigurable Analogue Control

The new breed of reconfigurable integrated circuits (ICs) offer switched-capacitor based analogue circuits whose functionality can be altered during run-time. Rapidly changing the functionality of an analogue circuit provides interesting opportunities for control systems. It also opens a large design space in which decisions have to be made regarding the frequency and form of reconfiguration. We present a bioinspired architecture to facilitate the automated search for circuits on these platforms, based on well-established evolutionary algorithms. Unlike previous attempts at evolving single solutions, our genomes contain multiple solutions and use feedback provided by the circuit output to trigger reconfiguration of the IC.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: FPL
• Authors: Kester Clegg, Susan Stepney, Tim Clarke
• Keywords: Analogue Circuit, FPL 2007, Hardware, Reconfigurable Integrated Circuits, Switched-capacitor Based Analogue