Optimized FPGA implementations of demanding PLC programs based on hardware high-level synthesis

IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, ETFA

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1002-1009

  Economakos, Christoforos ^a   Economakos, George ^b  

^a HALKIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL TOOLS; COMPILER TECHNIQUES; CONTROL ALGORITHMS; DEMANDING APPLICATIONS; DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS; FLOATING POINT IMPLEMENTATIONS; FPGA IMPLEMENTATIONS; INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATIONS; INDUSTRIAL CONTROLS; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; PLC PROGRAMS; SYNTHESIS TOOLS;

AUTOMATION; FACTORY AUTOMATION; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA); PROGRAM TRANSLATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CONCURRENCY CONTROL;

EID: 56349142035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ETFA.2008.4638516     Document Type: Conference Paper

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