A Multiprocessor System on Chip for Real Time Cardiac Monitoring

Abstract

This paper proposes an approach to design a Multi Processor System on Chip (MPSoC) based on the state of the art Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). It is possible to embed more than one processor in single chip with the dense architecture of FPGAs. Here the development of the embedded system put forward by considering a case study in the biomedical field. Using this design approach we can develop an SoC for Real Time Cardiac Monitoring. The system is designed using Zynq processing system from the Vivado design suite by Xilinx. The dual core ARM cortex A9 is used with each Zynq processing system. Three CPU cores are used in the proposed system, such that one master and two slaves. One slave is responsible for Human Machine Interface (HMI) and the other slave deals with the database required for different cardiac conditions. The AXI stream bus is used for the inter processor communication. The implementation can be done in Zynq Evaluation and Development (ZED) board.