software_tools

3 levels of development tools.   (Comprehensive; manuals, userguides, advice and presentations are available for each element offered.)

[Level 1: Mithril] * Somerled Recommends
One click within Simulink to switch between FPGA, DSP or Simulation:
Design your top level application by connecting Simulink Blocks. The ultimate in rapid development, flexibility and risk reduction.
Use blocks from the comprehensive libraries available or create your own.
Default resource and interprocess communication management is taken care of for you. (Helped by 3L Diamond 'under-the-hood') Comprehensive access to hardware resources is available if desired.
Select from a pull down menu whether each block should run on FPGA, DSP or be Simulated. Only parts that have changed need recompiled. Fine tune your applications balance across mixed technologies and simply demonstrate answers to those awkward performance optimisation questions. More information about the PARS engine that that enables such flexibility can be found here...

"From a purely selfish point of view, Somerled Ltd wants you to get to the full deployment stage of your project as fast and as risk free as possible. That's why we recommend this development approach." Guy Hunter, Managing Director Somerled Ltd.

Requires; PARS (Parallel Application from Rapid Simulation) , Matlab, Simulink, RealitimeWorkshop, 3L Diamond DSP and/or FPGA, Xilinx Foundation IDE tools (for own FPGA coding) and TIs Code Composer Studio (for own DSP coding).          more about level 1 Mithril....

[Level 2: Diamond]
Simplify Development of Multi node solutions using 3L Diamond:
3L Diamond is the Core of our development offering. With a strong heritage in parallel processing, 3L Diamond provides
a supported environment with the expertise applied to offering as simple an interface as possible.
Reducing development time, reducing risk, simplifying the process.
Available for DSP or FPGA these tools provide a RealTime Context switching solution. The time released from resource
and interprocess communication management can be spent focused on application specific development.
More information about 3L Diamond can be found here....
Requires; 3L Diamond DSP and/or FPGA, Xilinx Foundation IDE tools (for own FPGA coding) and
TIs Code Composer Studio (for own DSP coding).          more about level 2 Diamond....

[Level 3: Gold]
Manufacturers Tools: Development tools from the device manufacturer.
Xilinx Foundation IDE tools for FPGA coding and TIs Code Composer Studio for DSP coding.
Limited support for multi process systems. Do-it-yourself approach to resource and interprocess management.
Requires: Xilinx Foundation IDE tools for FPGA and TIs Code Composer Studio for DSP.
More information about TI CodeComposer can be found here....
More information about Xilinx ISE Foundation tools can be found here...
more about level 3 Gold...