Description of the WEDS Project
by Dogu Arifler and Brian Evans
Introduction
The Web-Enabled Simulation (WEDS) Project involves the
design and development of an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) that
will enable the users to simulate software for digital signal processor and
microcontroller processors and boards interactively. The GUI is a
Web-based tool which will be accessed by the users who have access to a
suitable Web browser, such as Netscape 2.0 or higher, that can run Java
applets. By having access to an interactive user-interface emulators and
debuggers on the Web, users will not need physical boards to test their
initial designs.
Objectives
- Design a configurable, portable, extensible GUI for DSP and
microcontroller processor emulators and board-level debuggers
- Design a configurable, portable, extensible TCP/IP server for DSP and
microcontroller processor emulators and board-level debuggers
- Investigate the advantages of Web-based computer simulations
- Research the benefits of separating applications and their GUIs
- Develop command-line processor emulators and board-level debuggers
built on existing validated freely distributable software if possible.
Dogu Arifler
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Last updated: 07/29/98