Software Emulation of an Embedded Microprocessor System

Student: Alok Viral Patel

Supervisor: Dr. Mark Schulz

Category: Computer Systems Engineering Thesis Project

Software Emulation of an Embedded Microprocessor System (also known as The ColdEmu Project) was born on the dream of having an embedded microprocessor development system. Software emulators are designed so that high levels of control are given to developers in the areas of processor operations, instructions, exceptions and various and appropriate hardware blocks.

The Cold Emu Project will create a software emulator that emulates the Motorola Coldfire 5307 Processor. The emulator will be capable of performing all operations and have all features of the Coldfire 5307. It will provide all features virtually however be able to control external devices through whatever architecture it is running on. It merely requires a linux operating system to run and is capable of having binary ROM images loaded into memory to be executed by the emulator - as if it was a Coldfire!

The Project's primary objectives are to achieve: - Platform Independent - Linux Based - Complete Emulation of Processor - Modular Design - Comprehensive Peripheral Support

Welcome to the new age of embedded microprocessor and embedded microprocessor-based design!

Poster Presentation (PDF)

Thesis Document (PDF)

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