Benchmarking and analysis of the SRC-6E reconfigurable computing system

This thesis evaluates the usefulness of the SRC-6E reconfigurable computing system for a radar signal processing application and documents the process of creating and importing VHDL code to configure the user definable logic on the SRC-6E. A false-target radar-imaging algorithm was chosen and implemented on the SRC-6E. Data from alternative computational approaches to the same problem are compared to determine the effectiveness of SRC-6E solution. The results show that the implementation of the algorithm does not provide an effective solution when executed on the SRC-6E. An evaluation of the SRC-6E difficulty of use is conducted, including a discussion of required skills, experience and development times. The algorithm test code and collected data are included as appendices.

Department dc:contributor.department

Electrical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Macklin, Kendrick R.

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Fouts, Douglas
• Lewis, Ted

Statement dc:rights

• This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10945/6170

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/6170