Distributed simulation and profiling of multiprocessor systems on a chip
Embedded systems - multiprocessor systems on a chip with application specific instruction-set processors (ASIPs) - become indivisible part of our everyday lives. They are everywhere. Therefore, powerful and flexible way of design and simulation of these ...
Impact of voltage source and initial conditions on the initiation of ferroresonance
The impact of voltage source and initial conditions on the initiation of ferroresonance is investigated. The investigation is carried out by simulating the behaviour of the mathematical model of ferroresonant circuit realized in the laboratory. The ...
An enhanced congestion-driven floorplanner
In this paper, a rectilinear-based congestion-driven floorplanning algorithm is presented to enhance the wire congestion and the CPU runtime. The proposed algorithm contains two stages, including the simulated-annealing (SA) based approach with the ...
Image contrast enhancement using morphological decomposition by reconstruction
The paper presents a novel algorithm for the computation of the image decomposition using a morphological filter with reconstruction The target applications are image contrast enhancement especially those with high dynamic content. Both bright and dark ...
A coin detection system by coupled printed spiral inductors
This paper describes a coin detection system using coupled Printed Spiral Inductors (PS-Inductors). In this research, the PS-Inductor is composed of copper foil spiral on the printed board. As an advantages, the PS-Inductor can be made easily and does ...
Analysis of some solutions that improve performances of plate-type electrostatic precipitators
The plate-type electrostatic precipitators are use in burning industry applications and can treat large gas flows. The paper presents the maximum ionization distance, analytic and graphic, near discharge wires depending on the voltage supply frequency ...
VLSI architecture design approaches for real-time video processing
This paper discusses the programmable and dedicated approaches for real-time video processing applications. Various VLSI architecture including the design examples of both approaches are reviewed. Finally, discussions of several practical designs in ...
Designand synthesis of a configurable fractional order hold dice for sampled-data control systems
Zero-order hold devices (ZOH) are mainly used in digital control applications to obtain the output analog signals of digitally implemented controllers. However, it is proved that special hold devices such as the fractional order hold device (FROH) can ...
A multi-layer obstacles-avoiding router using X-architecture
In recent years, scaling down device dimension or utilizing novel crystallization technologies provide the opportunity of applying much more devices to integrated circuit fabrication. Due to emerging DSM effects, the research about routing has drawn ...
