Block diagram

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A block diagram is a diagram of a system in which the principal parts or functions are represented by blocks connected by lines that show the relationships of the blocks. They are heavily used in engineering in hardware design, electronic design, software design, and process flow diagrams. Block diagrams are typically used for higher level, less detailed descriptions that are intended to clarify overall concepts without concern for the details of implementation. Contrast this with the schematic diagrams and layout diagrams used in electrical engineering, which show the implementation details of electrical components and physical construction. Usage As an example, a block diagram of a radio is not expected to show each and every connection and dial and switch, but the schematic diagram is. The schematic diagram of a radio does not show the width of each connection in the printed circuit board, but the layout does. To make an analogy to the map making world, a block diagr

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Proposal for a Bond Graph Based Model of Computation in SystemC-AMS

Torsten Mähne, Alain Vachoux

SystemC-AMS currently offers modelling formalisms with specialised solvers mainly focussing on the electrical domain. There is a need to improve its modelling capabilities concerning conservative continuous time systems involving the interaction of several physical domains and their interaction with nonconservative digital control components. Bond graphs unify the description of multi-domain systems by modelling the energy flow between the electrical and non-electrical components. They integrate well with block diagrams describing the signal processing part of a system. It is proposed to develop an extension to the current SystemC-AMS prototype, which shall implement the bond graph methodology as a new Model of Computation (MoC).

ECSI2007

Proposal to Extend SystemC-AMS with a Bond Graph Based Model of Computation

Yusuf Leblebici, Torsten Mähne, Alain Vachoux

There is a need to improve the modelling capabilities of SystemC-AMS concerning conservative continuous time systems involving the interaction of several physical domains and the interaction with digital control components. Bond graphs unify the description of multi-domain systems by modelling the energy flow between the electrical and non-electrical components. They integrate well with block diagrams describing the signal processing part of a system. It is proposed to develop an extension to the current SystemC-AMS prototype, which shall implement the bond graph methodology as a new Model of Computation (MoC).

Fraunhofer Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen, Außenstelle Entwurfsautomatisierung2007

The modelling and simulation capabilities of SystemC-AMS concerning conservative continuous time systems involving the interaction of several physical domains and with digital control components are currently limited. Bond graphs unify the description of multi-domain systems by modelling the energy flow between the electrical and non-electrical components. They integrate well with block diagrams describing the signal processing part of a system. The goal of this work is to integrate the bond graph formalism as a new Model of Computation (MoC) into the SystemC-AMS prototype.

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