IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0435584
(2003-05-09)
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발명자
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- Kodosky, Jeffrey L.
- Andrade, Hugo
- Odom, Brian K.
- Butler, Cary P.
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출원인 / 주소 |
- National Instruments Corporation
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대리인 / 주소 |
Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert &
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
61 인용 특허 :
17 |
초록
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A computer-implemented system and method for generating a hardware implementation of graphical code. The method comprises first creating a graphical program. A first portion of the graphical program may optionally be compiled into machine code for execution by a CPU. A second portion of the graphica
A computer-implemented system and method for generating a hardware implementation of graphical code. The method comprises first creating a graphical program. A first portion of the graphical program may optionally be compiled into machine code for execution by a CPU. A second portion of the graphical program is converted into a hardware implementation according to the present invention. The operation of converting the graphical program into a hardware implementation comprises exporting the second portion of the graphical program into a hardware description, wherein the hardware description describes a hardware implementation of the second portion of the graphical program, and then configuring a programmable hardware element utilizing the hardware description to produce a configured hardware element. The configured hardware element thus implements a hardware implementation of the second portion of the graphical program.
대표청구항
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1. A memory medium which stores program instructions for configuring a device, wherein the device includes a programmable hardware element, wherein the program instructions are executable to perform:selecting portions of a graphical program as requiring a greater real-time response or a lesser real-
1. A memory medium which stores program instructions for configuring a device, wherein the device includes a programmable hardware element, wherein the program instructions are executable to perform:selecting portions of a graphical program as requiring a greater real-time response or a lesser real-time response; and generating a hardware description that is useable to configure programmable hardware for real-time execution based on the portions of the graphical program which require greater real-time response. 2. The memory medium of claim 1, wherein the graphical program comprises a model.3. The memory medium of claim 1, wherein the graphical program comprises a plurality of interconnected nodes that visually represent functionality of a procedure.4. The memory medium of claim 1, wherein the graphical program comprises a block diagram.5. The memory medium of claim 1, wherein generating further comprises establishing an inter-process communication link between a first portion of the graphical program which requires lesser real-time response and a second portion of the graphical program which requires greater real-time response.6. The memory medium of claim 5, wherein the first portion of the graphical which requires lesser real-time response is operable to receive output from the second portion of the graphical program which requires greater real-time response via the inter-process communications link.7. The memory medium of claim 6, wherein the program instructions are further executable to perform:processing the output in the first portion of the graphical program which requires lesser real-time response. 8. The memory medium of claim 1,wherein said selecting comprises selecting a first portion of the graphical program which requires lesser real-time response and a second portion of the graphical program which requires greater real-time response; wherein the program instructions are further executable to perform: executing the second portion of the graphical program which requires greater real-time response on the programmable hardware element. 9. The memory medium of claim 1, wherein said selecting portions comprises receiving a user input through a graphical user interface (GUI).10. The memory medium of claim 1, wherein the program instructions are further executable to implement a graphical user interface (GUI) adapted to receive user inputs to perform said selecting portions.11. The memory medium of claim 1, wherein the program instructions are further executable to generate a hardware program file capable of real-time execution based on the portions of the graphical program requiring a greater real-time response.12. The memory medium of claim 1, wherein the program instructions further comprise a set of pre-defined instructions for generating a hardware program file corresponding to the portions of the graphical program requiring a greater real-time response.13. The memory medium of claim 1, wherein the program instructions further comprise a compiler for compiling the hardware description for the programmable hardware element.14. The memory medium of claim 1, wherein generating further comprises establishing an inter-process communication link between a first portion of the graphical program which does not require real-time execution and a second portion of the graphical program which requires real-time execution.15. The memory medium of claim 14, wherein the first portion of the graphical which does not require real-time execution is operable to receive output from the second portion of the graphical program which requires real-time execution via the inter-process communications link.16. The memory medium of claim 15, wherein the program instructions are further executable to perform:processing the output in the first portion of the graphical program which does not require real-time execution. 17. The memory medium of claim 16, wherein said processing the output comprises displaying the output on a display.18. A method comprising:receiving user input through a graphical user interface (GUI) specifying a block diagram model, the block diagram model including sections, a first subset of the sections designated post-processing unit sections and a second subset of the sections designated first processing unit sections; generating software source code for the block diagram model using the second subset; and linking the software source code to the first subset via an inter-process communication link; and compiling the software source code into executable code. 19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:executing the executable code on a target processor. 20. The method of claim 19, wherein said executing code generates data, the method further comprising:the post-processing unit sections executing to receive the data from said executing; and post-processing the received data. 21. The method of claim 20, wherein said post-processing the received data comprises displaying the received data on a computer display.22. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: specify a model, the model including sections, a first subset of the sections designated post-processing unit sections and a second subset of the sections designated as first processing unit sections; and generate software source code for the model using the second subset.23. A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive user input through a graphical user interface (GUI) specifying a block diagram model, the block diagram model including sections, a first subset of the sections designated post-processing unit sections and a second subset of the sections designated as first processing unit sections; and generate software source code for the block diagram model with a code generator using the second subset; link the software source code to the first subset via an inter-process communication link; and compile the software source code into executable code.24. A processor and a memory configured to: receive user input through a graphical user interface (GUI) specifying a block diagram model, the block diagram model including sections, a first subset of the sections designated post-processing unit sections and a second subset of the sections designated as first processing unit sections; and generate software source code for the block diagram model with a code generator using the second subset; link the software source code to the first subset via an inter-process communication link; and compile the software source code into executable code.25. A method comprising:selecting portions of a graphical program as requiring a greater real-time response or a lesser real-time response; and generating a hardware description that is useable to configure programmable hardware for real-time execution based on the portions of the model which require greater real-time response. 26. The method of claim 25, wherein the graphical program comprises a model.27. The method of claim 25, wherein the graphical program comprises a plurality of interconnected nodes that visually represent functionality of a procedure.28. The method of claim 25, wherein said requiring a greater real-time response or a lesser real-time response comprises:requiring a real-time execution or not requiring real-time execution. 29. The method of claim 25, wherein the graphical program comprises a data flow diagram.30. The method of claim 25, further comprising:configuring programmable hardware using the hardware description. 31. The method of claim 30, further comprising:executing the configured programmable hardware in accordance with the hardware description. 32. The method of claim 31, further comprising:executing portions of the graphical program requiring a lesser real-time response on a processor substantially concurrently with said executing the configured programmable hardware. 33. A memory medium which stores program instructions for configuring a device, wherein the device includes a programmable hardware element, wherein the program instructions are executable to perform:selecting portions of a graphical program as requiring real-time execution or not requiring real-time execution; and generating a hardware description that is useable to configure programmable hardware for real-time execution based on the portions of the graphical program which require real-time execution. 34. The memory medium of claim 33, wherein the graphical program comprises a model.35. A method comprising:identifying portions of a block diagram as being either critical to a real-time execution of the model or non-critical to a real-time execution of the model; and generating code that is capable of real-time execution based on the critical portions of the block diagram. 36. A memory medium which stores program instructions which are executable to perform:identifying portions of a block diagram as being either critical to a real-time execution of the model or non-critical to a real-time execution of the model; and generating code that is capable of real-time execution based on the critical portions of the block diagram.
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