• Journal of Multimedia Information System
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 2019

This work presents a virtual prototyping design approach for an area-based image stitching hardware. The virtual hardware obtained from virtual prototyping is equivalent to the conceptual algorithm, yet the conceptual blocks are linked to the actual circuit components including the memory, logic gates, and arithmetic units. Through the proposed method, the overall structure, size, and computation speed of the actual hardware can be estimated in the early design stage. As a result, the optimized virtual hardware facilitates the hardware implementation by eliminating trail design and redundant simulation steps to optimize the hardware performance. In order to verify the feasibility of the proposed method, the virtual hardware of an image stitching platform has been realized, where it required 10,522,368 clock cycles to stitch two $1280{\times}1024$ sized images. Furthermore, with a clock frequency of 250MHz, the estimated computation time of the proposed virtual hardware is 0.877sec, which is 10x faster than the software-based image stitch platform using MATLAB.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2021

오늘날의 시스템들은 더 빠른 실행 속도와 더 적은 전력 소모를 위해 하드웨어와 소프트웨어 요소를 함께 포함하고 있다. 기존 하드웨어 및 소프트웨어 공동 설계에서 소프트웨어와 하드웨어의 비율은 설계자의 경험적 지식에 의해 나뉘었다. 설계자들은 반복적으로 가속기와 응용 프로그램을 재구성하고 시뮬레이션하며 최적의 결과를 찾는다. 설계를 변경하며 반복적으로 시뮬레이션하는 것은 시간이 많이 소모되는 일이다. 본 논문에서는 에너지 효율적인 FPGA 가속기 설계를 위한 하드웨어 및 소프트웨어 공동 설계 플랫폼을 제안한다. 제안하는 플랫폼은 가속기를 구성하는 주요 성분을 변수화해 응용 프로그램 코드와 하드웨어 코드를 자동으로 생성하여 설계자가 적절한 하드웨어 비율을 쉽게 찾을 수 있도록 한다. 공동 설계 플랫폼은 Xilinx Alveo U200 FPGA가 탑재된 서버에서 Vitis 플랫폼을 기반으로 동작한다. 공동 설계 플랫폼을 통해 1000개의 행을 가지는 두 행렬의 곱셈 연산 가속기를 최적화한 결과 응용프로그램보다 실행 시간이 90.7%, 전력 소모가 56.3% 감소하였다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.149-158
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• 2024

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers are becoming increasingly sophisticated, equipped with advanced features and precise specifications, thus demanding efficient and high-performance hardware platforms. This paper presents the design and implementation of a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based GNSS receiver development platform for multi-band signal processing. This platform utilizes a FPGA to provide a flexible and re-configurable hardware environment, enabling real-time signal processing, position determination, and handling of large-scale data. Integrated signal processing of L/S bands enhances the performance and functionality of GNSS receivers. Key components such as the RF frontend, signal processing modules, and power management are designed to ensure optimal signal reception and processing, supporting multiple GNSS. The developed hardware platform enables real-time signal processing and position determination, supporting multiple GNSS systems, thereby contributing to the advancement of GNSS development and research.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.121-128
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• 2008

Modularized GPS software defined radio (SDR) has many advantages of applying and modifying algorithm. Hardware based GPS receiver uses many hardware parts (such as RF front, correlators, CPU and other peripherals) that process tracked signal and navigation data to calculate user position, while SDR uses software modules, which run on general purpose CPU platform or embedded DSP. SDR does not have to change hardware part and is not limited by hardware capability when new processing algorithm is applied. The weakness of SDR is that software correlation takes lots of processing time. However, in these days the evolution of processing power of MPU and DSP leads the competitiveness of SDR against the hardware GPS receiver. This paper shows a study of modulization of GPS software platform and it presents development of the GNSS software platform using MATLAB Simulink™. We focus on post processing SDR platform which is usually adapted in research area. The main functions of SDR are GPS signal acquisition, signal tracking, decoding navigation data and calculating stand alone user position from stored data that was down converted and sampled intermediate frequency (IF) data. Each module of SDR platform is categorized by function for applicability for applying for other frequency and GPS signal easily. The developed software platform is tested using stored data which is down-converted and sampled IF data file. The test results present that the software platform calculates user position properly.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.172-174
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• 2007

In this paper, we designed a embedded system that will perform a primary role of Tangible Space implementation. This hardware includes function of image capture through camera interface, image process and sending off image information by LAN(local area network) or WLAN(wireless local area network). We define this hardware as a network based Visual Agent Platform for Tangible Space, This Visual Agent Platform includes the software that is RTLinux and CORBA

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2008

To reduce time-to-market, more and more embedded system developers and system-on-chip designers rely on microprocessor-based design methodology. ARM processor has been a major player in this industry over the last 10 years. However, there are many restrictions on developing embedded software using ARM processor in the early design stage. For those who are not familiar with embedded software development environment or who cannot afford to have an expensive embedded hardware equipment, testing their software on a real ARM hardware platform is a challenging job. To overcome such a problem, we have designed VMA (Virtual ARM Machine), which offers easier testing and debugging environment to ARM based embedded system developers. Major benefits that can be achieved by utilizing a virtual ARM platform are (1) reducing development cost, (2) lowering the entrance barrier for embedded system novices, and (3) making it easier to test and debug embedded software designs. Unlike many other purely software-oriented ARM simulators which are independent of real hardware platforms, VMA is specifically targeted on SYS-Lab 5000 ARM hardware platform, (designed by Libertron, Inc.), which means that VMA imitates behaviors of embedded software as if the software is running on the target embedded hardware as closely as possible. This paper will describe how VMA is designed and how VMA can be used to reduce design time and cost.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권5B호
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• pp.449-454
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 먼저 선박환경에서 USN 구축을 위한 하드웨어와 소프트웨어 플랫폼을 분석하였다. 하드웨어 플랫폼에서는 기존의 CC2420기반의 mote 기술을 분석하였고 소프트웨어 플랫폼에서는 TinyOS 플랫폼을 분석하였다. 다음으로 USN 통신방식의 표준인 IEEE 802.15.4의 물리계층을 분석하고 선박USN 성능분석을 위해 Matlab을 사용하여 ZigBee/IEEE 802.15.4 물리계층에 대해 성능평가를 수행하였다. 결과적으로 이동하는 선박환경에서의 선박USN 구축에 관한 타당성을 성능평가를 통해 검증하였다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.127-138
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• 2012

In this paper, we propose a real-time virtual re-convergence hardware platform especially to reduce the visual fatigue caused by stereoscopy. Our unique idea to reduce visual fatigue is to utilize the virtual re-convergence based on the optimized disparity-map that contains more depth information in the negative disparity area than in the positive area. Our virtual re-convergence hardware platform, which consists of image rectification, disparity estimation, depth post-processing, and virtual view control, is realized in real time with 60 fps on a single Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA chip.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권7호
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• pp.1723-1728
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 뮤직 콘텐츠의 무분별한 사용의 피해를 줄이고 대형 매장과 임의의 공간과 공간사이 다른 콘텐츠를 서비스 할 수 있는 Multi-Channel Internet Radio Platform 에 대해 설계 방안을 제공하고 구현 연구를 진행한다. 본 플랫폼은 Multi-Channel Connection을 위한 Application 설계방법과 그에 따른 Multi Stream을 위한 Hardware Path를 구현하는 방법 제안 및 구현 결과를 제공한다.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2011

In a SoC (system-on-chip) design, a design complexity is a big bottleneck. In order to overcome the design complexity, platform based design method is widely adopted for designers. Most complex SoCs need a heterogeneous design development environment for hardware and software co-design. In this paper, we discuss about some kinds of verification approaches with platform based design methodology at various abstraction levels of SoC design. We separate the verification process to two steps according to the different levels of verification. We employ a flexible SoC design environment to support simultaneous hardware and software development. We demonstrate the verification strategy of a target SoC design, IEEE 802.11a WLAN SoC.