SEU Simulation Framework for Xilinx FPGA: First Step towards Testing Fault Tolerant Systems
Authors:
- Martin StrakaMSMartin Straka
- Jan KastilJKJan Kastil
- Zdenek KotasekZKZdenek Kotasek
- 1 August 2011
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 223-230
Abstract
In the paper, the SEU simulation framework for testing fault tolerant system designs implemented into FPGA is presented. The framework is based on SEU generation outside FPGA (in personal computer) and the transport of modified bit stream through the JTAG interface and subsequent dynamic reconfiguration of FPGA. It allows to select region of the FPGA for SEU placing. The SEU simulator does not require any changes in the tested design and is fully independent on the function implemented into FPGA. The requirements on the SEU generator and its properties are described in the paper as well. The external SEU generator for Xilinx FPGA was implemented and verified on evaluation board ML506 with Virtex5 for different types of RTL circuits and fault tolerant architectures. The experimental results demonstrated the effectiveness of the methodology.Keywords
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