Novel Simulink blockset for image processing codesign

Abstract

In this paper we present a novel Simulink blockset which is conceived especially for image processing hybrid systems. The blockset is composed of several libraries with different abstraction levels (high-level, hardware and software) allowing the co-design and simulation of an entire hardware/software system. This background setting is complemented by a set of tools that automates the transition through the different descriptions of the system and helps to make the critical decisions in the partition phase. In addition, a co-design flow is proposed to take advantage of the blockset features. All these items shape a "co-design environment" that allows an easy and quick exploration of the design space to obtain optimised solutions which satisfy the system restrictions