Bridging the Gap between Relocatability and Available Technology: The Erlangen Slot Machine

We present an FPGA-based reconfigurable platform called Erlangen Slot Machine (ESM). The main advantages of this platform are: First, the possibility for each module to access peripherals independent from its location through a programmable crossbar, and local SRAM banks for individual modules. This physical design eases the implementation of run-time reconfigurable partial modules and enables an unrestricted relocation of modules on the device. We present our twoboard ESM implementation and demonstrate a partially reconfigurable video filter application as well as a relocatable computer game including a dedicated inter-module communication scheme. Keywords. FPGA-based reconfigurable platform, inter-module communication, crossbar, video filter demo

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: DAGSTUHL
• Authors: Diana Göhringer, Mateusz Majer, Jürgen Teich
• Keywords: DAGSTUHL 2006, DAGSTUHL 2007, FPGA-based Reconfigurable Platform, Inter-module Communication, Reconfigurable Partial Modules