Functional verification as a tool for monitoring impact of faults in SRAM-based FPGAs

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a new platform for evaluating impact of faults on electro-mechanical systems based on SRAM-based FPGAs. Functional verification together with the fault injector serve as a tool for the fault tolerance evaluation. The article demonstrates the use of the verification environment for evaluating impacts of faults in electro-mechanical systems. Our system consists of mechanical robot and its electronic controller implemented into FPGA. The experimental results gained from the verification process are also presented and discussed in the paper.