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A Design and Implementation of 32-bit RISC-V RV32IM Pipelined Processor in Embedded Systems (임베디드 환경에서의 32-bit RISC-V RV32IM 파이프라인 프로세서 설계 및 구현)

  • Subin Park;Yongwoo Kim
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.81-86
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    • 2023
  • Recently, demand for embedded systems requiring low power and high specifications has been increasing, and RISC-V processors are being widely applied. RISC-V, a RISC-based open instruction set architecture (ISA), has been developed and researched by UC Berkeley and other researchers since 2010. RV32I ISA is sufficient to support integer operations such as addition and subtraction instructions, but M-extension should be defined for multiplication and division instructions. This paper proposes an RV32I, RV32IM processor, and indicates benchmark performance scores compared to an existing processor. Additionally, A non-stalling method was proposed to support a 2-stage pipelined DSP multiplier to the 5-stage pipelined RV32IM processor. Proposed RV32I and RV32IM processors satisfied a maximum operating frequency of 50 MHz on Artix-7 FPGA. The performance of the proposed processors was verified using benchmark programs from Dhrystone and Coremark. As a result, the Coremark benchmark results of the proposed processor showed that it outperformed the existing RV32IM processor by 23.91%.

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A Design and Implementation of 32-bit Pipeline RISC-V Processor Supporting Compressed Instructions for Memory Efficiency (메모리 효율성을 높이기 위한 압축 명령어를 지원하는 32-비트 파이프라인 RISC-V프로세서 설계 및 구현)

  • Hyeonjin Sim;Yongwoo Kim
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.7-13
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    • 2024
  • With the development of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and autonomous vehicles, research is being conducted on embedded processors that meet high performance, low power, and memory efficiency. The "C" expansion of the RISC-V processor is required to increase memory efficiency. In this paper, we propose an RV32IC processor and compare the benchmark performance score of the RV32I processor with the code size generated by the GCC compiler. In addition, we propose memory access and combination methods to support 16-bit compression commands, and command extension methods. The proposed RV32IC processor satisfies the maximum operating frequency of 50 MHz on the Artix-7 FPGA. The performance was checked using the benchmark programs of the Dhrystone and Coremark, and the code sizes of the RV32I and RV32IC generated by the GCC compiler were compared. The proposed processor RV32IC decreased DMIPS/MHz by 2.72% and Coremark/MHz by 0.61% compared to RV32I, but Coremark's code size decreased by 14.93%.

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Design and Implementation of a Low Cost Grid-Connected 5 kVA Photovoltaic System with Load Compensation Capability

  • Mejdar, Reza Seifi;Salimi, Mahdi;Zakipour, Adel
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.2306-2314
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    • 2016
  • Design and implementation of a low cost grid-connected 5kVA solar photovoltaic (PV) system is proposed in this paper. Since the inverter is a major component of the PV system, the B4 inverter used in this paper reduces the total cost of the PV system. In order to eliminate the massive transformer, the PV system is connected to the grid through IGBT switches. In addition to injection of active power into the grid, the B4 inverter can compensate reactive power and reduce harmonics of the nonlinear loads. A TMS320F28335 DSP processor is used for effective control of the B4 inverter. Various features of this processor enable the implementation of the necessary control algorithms. As a first step, the PV system is simulated and evaluated in Matlab/Simulink. In the second step, hardware circuits are designed and implemented based on the simulation results. The operation of the PV system has been evaluated under balanced, unbalanced, linear and nonlinear loads which proves its accuracy and efficiency.

Implementation of Telemetry System using Scatternet in Bluetooth Technology (블루투스의 스캐터넷과 임베디드 시스템을 이용한 텔레메트리 시스템의 구현)

  • 김종현;김영길
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.941-944
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    • 2003
  • This paper implement Telemetry System which is used Bluetooth. This System propose system which can detect a total amount of gas, electricity or water without a motorman, at home. BlueTooth is a close range wireless communication technology which uses a wireless frequency 2.4GHz and has a high trust and self - error correction technology according to a low power consumption quality and a high-speed frequency hopping. This makes get a high trust concerning a data transmission than an existing modem. In addition, though wireless modem is restricted by a minimal of a wireless terminal, it will be possible to coincide with the function of the portable with the low power consumption quality by using Bluetooth. And as the system on a chip of module progresses, the possibility of the snail size is present. And, Motorman who use mobility of embedded system can detect detect a total amount of gas, electricity or water outdoor. Embedded system use ARM processor that is low power processor. So it ran use long time efficiently.

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A Low Cost Maximum Power Point Tracking Technique for the Solar Charger

  • Nguyen, Thanh Tuan;Choi, Woojin
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2012.11a
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    • pp.5-6
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, a simplified maximum power point tracking technique for the solar charger is presented. Main advantages of the proposed charger include low cost and optimized charge time. The maximum power point tracking method is used to deliver the maximum power from PV array to the battery thereby reducing the charge time. Moreover, the proposed technique which tracks the maximum power point by adjusting output current helps reduce the quantity of required number of sensors for the charger. The experimental protype was implemented by using an 80W PV array, a buck converter and a digital signal processor to verify the feasibility of the proposed method.

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Resuable Design of 32-Bit RISC Processor for System On-A Chip (SOC 설계를 위한 저전력 32-비트 RISC 프로세서의 재사용 가능한 설계)

  • 이세환;곽승호;양훈모;이문기
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2001.06b
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    • pp.105-108
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    • 2001
  • 4 32-bit RISC core is designed for embedded application and DSP. This processor offers low power consumption by fully static operation and compact code size by efficient instruction set. Processor performance is improved by wing conditional instruction execution, block data transfer instruction, multiplication instruction, bunked register file structure. To support compact code size of embedded application, It is capable cf executing both 16-bit instructions and 32-bit instruction through mixed mode instruction conversion Furthermore, for fast MAC operation for DSP applications, the processor has a dedicated hardware multiplier, which can complete a 32-bit by 32-bit integer multiplication within seven clock cycles. These result in high instruction throughput and real-time interrupt response. This chip is implemented with 0.35${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$, 4- metal CMOS technology and consists of about 50K gate equivalents.

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3-way SuperScalar Decoder Design for ARMv7 Core (ARMv7 Core를 위한 3-way SuperScalar Decoder 설계)

  • Kim, Hyo-Won;Kim, In-Soo;Baek, Chul-Ki;Min, Hyoung-Bok
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2008.10c
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    • pp.246-247
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    • 2008
  • Further evolutions of technologies and needs of users will make mobile equipments improved. To make this happen, processor's good performance is essential. Hence, This paper propose a reform of Instruction Execute and Instruction Decode of contemporary ARMv7 which needs low-power and has the high performance for a faster processor. The first chapter explains why the performance of a processor has to be upgraded, the second chapter shows current technologies. The third chapter explains about the proposal and illustrates the structure. Finally, in the forth chapter, the conclusion will be made. 3-way Superscalar, that is proposed in this paper, will make designing a faster processor possible. And it will contribute for the advanced performance of mobile equipments.

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Design and Fabrication of Low Power Sensor Network Platform for Ubiquitous Health Care

  • Lee, Young-Dong;Jeong, Do-Un;Chung, Wan-Young
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.1826-1829
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    • 2005
  • Recent advancement in wireless communications and electronics has enabled the development of low power sensor network. Wireless sensor network are often used in remote monitoring control applications, health care, security and environmental monitoring. Wireless sensor networks are an emerging technology consisting of small, low-power, and low-cost devices that integrate limited computation, sensing, and radio communication capabilities. Sensor network platform for health care has been designed, fabricated and tested. This system consists of an embedded micro-controller, Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver, power management, I/O expansion, and serial communication (RS-232). The hardware platform uses Atmel ATmega128L 8-bit ultra low power RISC processor with 128KB flash memory as the program memory and 4KB SRAM as the data memory. The radio transceiver (Chipcon CC1000) operates in the ISM band at 433MHz or 916MHz with a maximum data rate of 76.8kbps. Also, the indoor radio range is approximately 20-30m. When many sensors have to communicate with the controller, standard communication interfaces such as Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) or Integrated Circuit ($I^{2}C$) allow sharing a single communication bus. With its low power, the smallest and low cost design, the wireless sensor network system and wireless sensing electronics to collect health-related information of human vitality and main physiological parameters (ECG, Temperature, Perspiration, Blood Pressure and some more vitality parameters, etc.)

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A DSP based Three Phase Power Quality Analyzer for Motor Drives (모터 구동장치를 위한 DSP기반 3상 전력품질분석 시스템)

  • 김우용;정영국;임영철
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.27-33
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    • 2001
  • This paper presents a digital instrument for a DSP based power quality analysis in three phase power system where current waveform is non-sinusoidal. it is based on stand alone type TMS320C31 DSP(digital signal processor)board and on a special high-speed data acquisition system. Power quality of low power motor drives are analyzed and processed by using a simple average power algorithm, and result of power analysis are displayed by LCD in the proposed system. This paper also goes on to discuss the performance of an instrument prototype, both in terms of accuracy and speed of measurement under the transient and steady state condition.

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Processor Design Technique for Low-Temperature Filter Cache (필터 캐쉬의 저온도 유지를 위한 프로세서 설계 기법)

  • Choi, Hong-Jun;Yang, Na-Ra;Lee, Jeong-A;Kim, Jong-Myon;Kim, Cheol-Hong
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2010
  • Recently, processor performance has been improved dramatically. Unfortunately, as the process technology scales down, energy consumption in a processor increases significantly whereas the processor performance continues to improve. Moreover, peak temperature in the processor increases dramatically due to the increased power density, resulting in serious thermal problem. For this reason, performance, energy consumption and thermal problem should be considered together when designing up-to-date processors. This paper proposes three modified filter cache schemes to alleviate the thermal problem in the filter cache, which is one of the most energy-efficient design techniques in the hierarchical memory systems : Bypass Filter Cache (BFC), Duplicated Filter Cache (DFC) and Partitioned Filter Cache (PFC). BFC scheme enables the direct access to the L1 cache when the temperature on the filter cache exceeds the threshold, leading to reduced temperature on the filter cache. DFC scheme lowers temperature on the filter cache by appending an additional filter cache to the existing filter cache. The filter cache for PFC scheme is composed of two half-size filter caches to lower the temperature on the filter cache by reducing the access frequency. According to our simulations using Wattch and Hotspot, the proposed partitioned filter cache shows the lowest peak temperature on the filter cache, leading to higher reliability in the processor.