TY - GEN
T1 - Methodology analysis of a computational tool used in electronic circuit design
AU - Da Silva Almeida, Tiago
AU - Da Silva, Alexandre C.Rodrigues
AU - Grout, Ian Andrew
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This paper considers the importance of using a top-down methodology and suitable CAD tools in the development of electronic circuits. The paper presents an evaluation of the methodology used in a computational tool created to support the synthesis of digital to analog converter models by translating between different tools used in a wide variety of applications. This tool is named MS2SV and works directly with the following two commercial tools: MATLAB/Simulink and SystemVision. Model translation of an electronic circuit is achieved by translating a mixed-signal block diagram developed in Simulink into a lower level of abstraction in VHDL-AMS and the simulation project support structure in SystemVision. The method validation was performed by analyzing the power spectral of the signal obtained by the discrete Fourier transform of a digital to analog converter simulation model.
AB - This paper considers the importance of using a top-down methodology and suitable CAD tools in the development of electronic circuits. The paper presents an evaluation of the methodology used in a computational tool created to support the synthesis of digital to analog converter models by translating between different tools used in a wide variety of applications. This tool is named MS2SV and works directly with the following two commercial tools: MATLAB/Simulink and SystemVision. Model translation of an electronic circuit is achieved by translating a mixed-signal block diagram developed in Simulink into a lower level of abstraction in VHDL-AMS and the simulation project support structure in SystemVision. The method validation was performed by analyzing the power spectral of the signal obtained by the discrete Fourier transform of a digital to analog converter simulation model.
KW - computational tool
KW - Digital to Analog Converter
KW - Synthesis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80051875134&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IMTC.2011.5944279
DO - 10.1109/IMTC.2011.5944279
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80051875134
SN - 9781424479351
T3 - Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference
SP - 710
EP - 715
BT - 2011 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2011 - Proceedings
T2 - 2011 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2011
Y2 - 10 May 2011 through 12 May 2011
ER -