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Very complex system are designed by stepwise refinement. This means that an abstract model is successively augmented with components and properties of an implementation. For signal processing, mixed-signal systems the refinement from block diagram level to analog or digital circuit requires a significant modeling effort: The means for description of abstract models (e.g. synchronous dataflow) and physical implementation (e.g. networks) are different and cannot be combined in a direct way. In this chapter, we introduce polymorphic signals which solve this problem, and give an overview of a framework for the refinement of Mixed-Signal Systems: HEAVEN/HELL.
This work has been partially supported by funds of the BMBF/edacentrum Project SAMS under Reference Number 01M3070D.
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Grimm, C., Schroll, R., Waldschmidt, K. (2005). Refinement of Mixed-Signal Systems: Between Heaven and Hell. In: Boulet, P. (eds) Advances in Design and Specification Languages for SoCs. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-26151-6_2
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