Modeling and Virtual Prototyping for Embedded Systems on Mixed-Signal Multicores

This paper introduces a new approach to tackle the virtual prototyping of analog and mixed-signal embedded (AMS) systems. The application and hardware components are modeled at a high level of abstraction with SysML. From these models, a low level prototype can be generated and simulated with a cycle and bit accurate precision. This prototype combines the AMS part with a multicore platform, which controls the AMS part. As explained in the paper, the synchronization between these different Models of Computation (MoC) can be validated before the generation of the virtual prototype. A case study illustrates our approach.