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Developing programs for hardware implementation in a graphical specification and constraint language

US8887121B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27Claims

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Assignee

National Instruments Corporation · US

Inventors

Kaushik Ravindran · Berkeley, US
Jacob Kornerup · Austin, US
Rhishikesh Limaye · Berkeley, US
Guang Yang · Sunnyvale, US
Guoqiang Wang · Shandong, CN
Jeffrey N. Correll · Cedar Park, US
Arkadeb Ghosal · Vacaville, US
Sadia B. Malik · Austin, US
Charles E. Crain, II · Austin, US
Michael J. Trimborn · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 28, 2011
Grant date	Nov 11, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 19, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2119/18
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

System and method for specifying and implementing programs. A graphical program is created in a graphical specification and constraint language that allows specification of a model of computation and explicit declaration of constraints in response to user input. The graphical program includes a specified model of computation, a plurality of interconnected functional blocks that visually indicate functionality of the graphical program in accordance with the specified model of computation, and specifications or constraints for the graphical program or at least one of the functional blocks in the graphical program. The specified model of computation and specifications or constraints are useable to analyze the graphical program or generate a program or simulation.

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