FPGA Platform with .NET Micro Framework Support

Abstract

The goal of the thesis is to design a development board that may be used for embedded systems prototyping. The board's key parts are an ARM-Cortex-based microcontroller and a FPGA programmable circuit. The platform is designed with .NET Micro Framework support in mind. The thesis contains specifications of the development board, describes the design process as well as the task of .NET Micro Framework porting and the establishment of communication bus between the FPGA and microcontroller circuits. The thesis is concluded by a set of demonstration examples which outline how to develop new applications for the designed platform