Model Based Testing of VHDL Programs

TL;DR: The proposed approach first transforms VHDL programs to concurrently running network of timed automata and then performs model checking on properties taken from the specification and enables testing both hardware and software at once.

Abstract: VHDL programs are often validated by means of test benches constructed from formal system specification To include real-time properties of VHDL programs, the proposed approach first transforms them to concurrently running network of timed automata and then performs model checking on properties taken from the specification Counterexamples generated by the model checker are used to form a test bench The approach is validated by a case study composed of a nontrivial application running on a microprocessor As presented, the approach enables testing both hardware and software at once