System-On-Chip Design and Communication in Embedded Wired High-Density Sensor Networks: A Contribution from Behavioural High-Level-Synthesis and Functional Printing

Zusammenfassung (Abstract) :

Today there is an increasing demand for miniaturized sensors embedded in sensorial materials, built from high-density sensor networks consisting of identical nodes. Each node provides some kind of sensor, electronics, data processing, and communication. High integration and miniaturization down to MEMS requires enhanced System-On-Chip (SoC) design and dedicated communication methodologies. We provide a design methodology for efficient and resource-aware SoC design using behavioural high-level-synthesis based on an imperative multi-process programming model and interprocess communication targeting both FPGA and ASIC technologies.