We propose the A-Cube design methodology to create medical decision support on the edge. The design and implementation of an atrial fibrillation detector hardware core was selected as a proof-of-concept study. To facilitate the required atrial fibrillation functionality, we adopted an established AI model, based on Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) technology for hardware implementation. The adaptation was done by varying design parameters such as data window and the number of LSTM units.

To design and verify a simple PLL for use as generator of clock signals in System on Chip design. The desired outcome from this project should be the following:

The resulting IP for these component blocks will be made available to the soclabs community for the upcoming design contest.

The dynamic range processor is a DSP function which does as it says on the tin; it compresses the dynamic range of the incoming signal. This is used most commonly in the music industry for its effects on the perceived loudness of audio. It is also used extensively in hearing aids to compensate for the user’s reduced dynamic range of hearing. In this project a hardware accelerator is developed for the purpose of dynamic range compression of digital audio. This accelerator will be implemented in a mixed-signal infrastructure.

The integration of the DMA350 into the nanosoc re-usable SoC architecture improves the transfer bandwidth on DMA channels within the SoC.  This project integrates the DMA 350 into nanosoc, validates the integration and functionality of the DMA 350, and compares the performance of the DMA 350 to the PL230, the first DMA controller integrated into nanosoc.