High Level Synthesis Design Methodologies for Rapid Prototyping Digital Control Systems

Embedded systems are becoming an important factor of the electronic industry growth due to the higher integration scale of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGAs). Their designs require high level synthesis (HLS) methodologies to decrease their complexity and design time. In this paper, we discussed a case study of two approaches of HLS design processes approaches. The first one employs Model-Based Design (MBD) flow. The second one uses C-Based Design flow. Both designs were validated on two control drive applications: DC and AC motors. The results indicate the most efficient design methodology.