An extensible, low cost rapid prototyping environment based on a reconfigurable set of FPGAs

Abstract

Presents the architecture of a system for the rapid prototyping of digital circuits that is based an the Altera FLEX8000 reconfigurable set of FPGAs. The interconnection architecture of the system consists of both fixed lines between adjacent FPGAs and shared lines that are capable of interconnecting more than two devices. The reconfigurable set of devices is placed on a 2D grid. The external interface of the system enables the connection of two or more base modules to construct a larger grid with similar characteristics.