Despite its popularity among hobbyists and electronics enthusiasts, the Arduino has become infamous among professional embedded systems developers. I must admit that for the longest time I also viewed ...

Prototyping is an integral part of every SoC today, with two main approaches being used: virtual or software-based, and physical, which includes FPGA-based boards as well as hardware emulation systems ...

Traditional ASIC and IP verification methods cannot adequately exercise the hardware and software components of today's designs. This is due to tool performance limitations, which impose a bottleneck ...

FPGA technology for design prototypes is making new inroads as demands increase for better integration between hardware and software. FPGA prototyping, also known as physical prototyping, has been ...