A Self-Reconfiguring Platform For Embedded Systems

• Main Author: Leon, Santiago Andres
• Other Authors: Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Format: Others
• Published: Virginia Tech 2014
• Subjects: JBits; uClinux; Java Virtual Machine; Reconfigurable Computing; FPGA
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34725; http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08242001-141148/

The JBits Application Programming Interface has significantly shortened FPGA reconfiguration times by manipulating the configurable resources of the FPGAs directly under software control. The execution of JBits programs, however, requires a Java Virtual Machine to be implemented on the platform where the configurations will be modified. This presents a problem for embedded systems where a microprocessor to run a Java Virtual Machine may not be available or desirable. This thesis discusses the implementation of a FPGA platform that allows the execution of JBits programs, effectively changing the configuration of a FPGA within a FPGA. This thesis also presents a four step developing and testing strategy for JBits programs that are intended to run on this FPGA platform. === Master of Science