MRI: Acquisition of Research Instrumentation for Electronic Systems Emulation, Prototyping and Testing

该提案支持混合信号电子系统和（可）配置计算的新兴方向，旨在获得一系列硬件设备，以实现模拟和混合信号设计、可配置计算项目CAD和几个可配置计算系统项目等几个领域的硬件相关研究。该研究和培训设施的中心是电子模拟、快速原型和测试。这些项目专门针对分布式仿真、MEMS内置自测试、FPGA CAD环境、可重构计算分析和适应、功耗感知FPGA设计映射等。基础设施的主要部分包括印刷电路板站、电子测试仪器、可重构计算板和光学测试设备。该设施可以实现逼真的硬件实验，分析和演示以前验证的研究思路主要是通过模拟在混合信号电子系统和可配置计算。更广泛的影响：影响未来的研究方向，研究生和合作者;影响课程，并进一步扩大教育机会，少数民族学生。20所大学将共享设备。该项目还鼓励更多的工业合作。

This proposal, supporting emerging directions in mixed-signal electronic systems and in (re-)configurable computing, aims at acquiring a collection of hardware equipment to enable hardware-related research in several areas including analog and mixed signal design, CAD for reconfigurable computing projects, and several reconfigurable computing system projects. This research and training facility centers on electronic simulation, rapid prototyping, and testing. Projects specifically address, among others, distributed simulation, MEMS built-in self-test, FPGA CAD environments, reconfigurable computing analysis and adaptation, power-aware FPGA design mapping. The major pieces of the infrastructure include a printed circuit board station, electronic test instruments, reconfigurable computing boards, and optical test equipment. The facility enables realistic hardware experimentation, analysis, and demonstration of the research ideas previously verified largely by simulations in mixed-signal electronic systems and in configurable computing.Broader Impact: Impacts future research directions, graduate students and collaborators; impacts courses, and further extends educational opportunities to minority students. 20 universities will share the equipment. The project also encourages more industrial collaboration.