Generating a hardware description for a programmable hardware element based on a graphical program including multiple physical domains

US8397214B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• National Instruments Corporation · US

Inventors

• Duncan G. Hudson, III · Austin, US
• Rishi H. Gosalia · Austin, US
• Gregory O. Morrow · Austin, US
• Hugo Andrade · Austin, US
• Newton G. Petersen · Emporia, US
• Joseph E. Peck · Round Rock, US
• Matthew Novacek · Austin, US
• Cary Paul Butler · Austin, US
• Brian Keith Odom · Georgetown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 29, 2009
• Grant date: Mar 12, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 4, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F8/34
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Generating a hardware description for a programmable hardware element based on a graphical program including multiple physical domains. A graphical program may be received which includes a first portion of a first physical domain for simulating a first portion of a physical system. The graphical program may include a second portion of a second physical domain for simulating a second portion of the physical system. A hardware description may be generated based on the graphical program. The hardware description may describe a hardware implementation of the graphical program. The hardware description may be configured to configure a programmable hardware element to simulate the physical system.