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System and method for implementing multiple instantiated configurable peripherals in a circuit design

US7620743B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 2004
Grant dateNov 17, 2009
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Expiry dateNov 18, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F8/36
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A reusable software block is adapted to control multiple instantiations of a peripheral device within a system. A device hardware abstraction layer defines offset values for registers of the peripheral device and a data structure for the peripheral device. A platform hardware abstraction layer defines an address map of the system, and is adapted to initialize each instantiation of the peripheral device via calls to the device hardware abstraction layer.

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