Recognition of Acquired Competencies (RAC) as it is known in Quebec, Canada or Prior Learning Assessment (PLA), requires a learner to engage in retrospective thought about their learning path, their learning style and their experiential knowledge. This process of critical self-reflection and rigorous analysis by the learner of their prior learning is often the first exposure to the examination ...

The aim of this study was to create a decision support system for disc hernia diagnostics based on real measurements foot force values from sensors and fuzzy logic, as well implement the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). results show that created logic had 92.8% accuracy pre-operational diagnosis very high match between Matlab FPGA output (94.2% condition, 100% post-operational after physic...

The problem of computing the set prime implicants to represent a Boolean function is classical that still considered running for research because all known approaches have limitations. article reviews existing methods and highlights their limitations, particularly multi-output functions limited scalability due growth in memory required complete computation. Then it proposes recursive ternary-ba...

In this paper, we address the problem of the state assignment for synchronous finite state machines (FSM), targeted towards multilevel combinational logic and feedback register implementations. Optimal state assignment aims at a minimum area implementation. All previous work in automatic FSM state assignment has been directed at programmable logic array (PLA) i.e., two-level logic implementatio...

This paper presents a maximum power point tracker (MPPT) using fuzzy logic for a PV grid connected system. Since the PV array characteristic is hardly nonlinear, conventional control technics could be inefficient for an optimal use of these systems. Knowing that PV systems are still very expensive, therefore a fuzzy logic controller is proposed to ensure the transfer of the maximam power to the...

The performance of fine-grained, cellular FPGAs is improving rapidly. In this paper, the experience of working with two relatively finegrained FPGA architectures, the Atmel 6005 FPGA and the Dynamically Programmable Logic Device (DPLD) from Pilkington Micro-electronics Ltd, is described.

Achim G. Ho mann University of New South Wales School of Cumputer Science and Engineering P.O. Box 1, Kensington, Sydney, NSW 2033, Australia Abstract A new strategy for layout synthesis is presented. The GGADS system which uses the strategy has been implemented and is capable of designing layouts for congurable gate array master structures. GGADS evaluates the e ectiveness of layouts on gate a...

In this paper, an activity estimation tool for FPGA-based combinational circuits is presented. The current version is able to estimate average activity for individual nodes. The tool is statistical-based, allowing the user to specify the tolerated error at a given confidence level. The tunable properties of the implemented technique have been carefully tested, demonstrating how the designer can...

The emerging technology of programmable logic devices enables a new kind of architecture for massively parallel. For such systems the traditional way of chip configuration is not useful anymore. This paper presents a concept for configuring massively parallel reconfigurable architectures. Furthermore a proof of concept is given by applying the configuration scheme to an reconfigurable architect...