New Solutions for Optimal Hardware Tests of Reconfigurable Hardware Systems

Asma Ben Ahmed, Olfa Mosbahi, Mohamed Khalgui

2015

Abstract

This research paper deals with Reconfigurable Hardware Systems (abbreviated, RHS) that should be adapted to their environment under well-defined conditions. A reconfiguration scenario is a run-time hardware operation allowing the addition/removal of hardware components. We classify the reconfiguration scenarios into three levels: Architectural, Structural and Data Reconfiguration Levels. We propose a new solution for optimal hardware tests of RHS based on the definition of new fault collapsing relationships termed Inter-Equivalence, Inter-Dominance and Redundancy.

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Ben Ahmed A., Mosbahi O. and Khalgui M. (2015). New Solutions for Optimal Hardware Tests of Reconfigurable Hardware Systems . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS, ISBN 978-989-758-084-0, pages 281-288. DOI: 10.5220/0005243902810288


in Bibtex Style

@conference{peccs15,
author={Asma Ben Ahmed and Olfa Mosbahi and Mohamed Khalgui},
title={New Solutions for Optimal Hardware Tests of Reconfigurable Hardware Systems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS,},
year={2015},
pages={281-288},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005243902810288},
isbn={978-989-758-084-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Pervasive and Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS,
TI - New Solutions for Optimal Hardware Tests of Reconfigurable Hardware Systems
SN - 978-989-758-084-0
AU - Ben Ahmed A.
AU - Mosbahi O.
AU - Khalgui M.
PY - 2015
SP - 281
EP - 288
DO - 10.5220/0005243902810288