New solutions for optimal hardware tests of reconfigurable hardware systems

Abstract

This research paper deals with Reconfigurable Hardware Systems (abbreviated, RHS) that should be adapted to their environment under well-defined conditions. A reconfiguration scenario is a run-time hardware operation allowing the addition/removal of hardware components. We classify the reconfiguration scenarios into three levels: Architectural, Structural and Data Reconfiguration Levels. We propose a new solution for optimal hardware tests of RHS based on the definition of new fault collapsing relationships termed Inter-Equivalence, Inter-Dominance and Redundancy.