Embed Scripting inside SystemC

Embedded system designs and simulations become tedious and time consuming due to the complexity of modern applications. Thus, languages allowing high level description, such as SystemC, are more and more used. We present in this paper a new methodology allowing scripting inside SystemC. We integrate both SystemC and Python within a single framework for system designs and simulations called SystemPy. Communication is performed using a Simple Wrapper and an Interface Generator(SWIG). SystemPy allows dynamic IP changes during the simulation. This makes designers able to perform a quick architecture exploration without stopping the simulation process. Steps and performances of our framework are illustrated on mixed SystemC Python system.