Encoding of Terms in EMB-Based Mealy FSMs

Autor: Kazimierz Krzywicki, Larysa Titarenko, Małgorzata Mazurkiewicz, Alexander Barkalov
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
State variable
synthesis
Computer science
02 engineering and technology
lcsh:Technology
Set (abstract data type)
Reduction (complexity)
lcsh:Chemistry
EMB
Encoding (memory)
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering

General Materials Science
structural decomposition
Instrumentation
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Sequential algorithm
FPGA
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Finite-state machine
lcsh:T
Process Chemistry and Technology
020208 electrical & electronic engineering
LUT
embedded memory blocks
General Engineering
look-up table elements
lcsh:QC1-999
Computer Science Applications
lcsh:Biology (General)
lcsh:QD1-999
lcsh:TA1-2040
Lookup table
mealy finite state machine
020201 artificial intelligence & image processing
lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Algorithm
State transition table
lcsh:Physics
Hardware_LOGICDESIGN
Zdroj: Applied Sciences, Vol 10, Iss 2762, p 2762 (2020)
Applied Sciences
Volume 10
Issue 8
ISSN: 2076-3417
Popis: A method is proposed targeting implementation of FPGA-based Mealy finite state machines. The main goal of the method is a reduction for the number of look-up table (LUT) elements and their levels in FSM logic circuits. To do it, it is necessary to eliminate the direct dependence of input memory functions and FSM output functions on FSM inputs and state variables. The method is based on encoding of the terms corresponding to rows of direct structure tables. In such an approach, only terms depend on FSM inputs and state variables. Other functions depend on variables representing terms. The method belongs to the group of the methods of structural decomposition. The set of terms is divided by classes such that each class corresponds to a single-level LUT-based circuit. An embedded memory block (EMB) generates codes of both classes and terms as elements of these classes. The mutual using LUTs and EMB allows diminishing chip area occupied by FSM circuit (as compared to its LUT-based counterpart). The simple sequential algorithm is proposed for finding the partition of the set of terms by a determined number of classes. The method is based on representation of an FSM by a state transition table. However, it can be used for any known form of FSM specification. The example of synthesis is shown. The efficiency of the proposed method was investigated using a library of standard benchmarks. We compared the proposed with some other known design methods. The investigations show that the proposed method gives better results than other discussed methods. It allows the obtaining of FSM circuits with three levels of logic and regular interconnections.
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