A Flexible and Parameterized Architecture
for Multicore Microcontroller
Cesar Giacomini Penteado
University of Sao Paulo (LSITEC), Sao Paulo, Brazil
Email: cesargiacomini@gmail.com
Sergio Takeo Kofuji and Edward David Moreno
University of Sao Paulo(POLI, Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Federal University of Sergipe (DCOMP-UFS), Aracaju, Brazil
Email: kofuji@lsi.usp.br, edwdavid@gmail.com
Abstract
—This paper presents the concept and preliminary
tests
in
FPGA
of
a
specific
architecture
for
a
flexible
multicore
microcontroller.
It
is
aimed
to
intermediate
complexity
embedded
applications.
A
previous
exact
characterize
of
the
microcontroller
model
and
its
target
applications is a costly-time task,
and it depends
mostly on
experience
of
the
engineers
and
programmers.
The
proposed
architecture
can
aid
the
development
of
new
applications, for selecting resources during the development
phase.
We
have
designed
a
prototype
in
FPGA
which
is
working and running applications with up seven CPUs.
Index
Terms
—
Multicore,
Microcontroller,
Embedded,
FPGA, soft processor, VHDL<