The DSPCAD Integrative Command Line Environment: Introduction to DICE Version 1.1

Abstract

Abstract-DICE (the DSPCAD Integrative CommandLine Environment) is a package of utilities that facilitates efficient management of software projects. Key areas of emphasis in DICE are cross-platform operation, support for projects that integrate heterogeneous programming languages, and support for applying and integrating different kinds of design and testing methodologies. The package is being developed at the University of Maryland to facilitate the research and teaching of methods for implementation, testing, evolution, and revision of engineering software. The package is also being developed as a foundation for developing experimental research software for techniques and tools in the area of computeraided design (CAD) of digital signal processing (DSP) systems. The package is intended for cross-platform operation, and is currently being developed and used actively on the Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, and Windows (equipped with Cygwin) platforms.This report provides an introduction to DICE, and provides background on some of the key features in DICE Version 1.1. This report also gives a brief introduction to dicelang, which is a plug-in package for DICE that provides additional utilities, libraries, and tools for managing software projects in specific programming languages.

Using the DSPCAD Integrative Command-Line Environment: User's Guide for DICE Version 1.1

“…For an overview of key features in DICE, we refer the reader to [2]. This document is intended to supplement this overview with detailed instructions for setting up, starting up and building DICE.…”

“…Here, by "specialized," we mean files or directories that are not required as part of the standard set up process for DICE or one of its plug-in packages. The one exception to this advice is the $UXTMP directory, which is discussed in [2]. The $UXTMP directory is intended to be a scratch area for arbitrary user work, including direct (not necessarily through DICE-related commands) creation, manipulation, and deletion of files and directories.…”

“…The package is also being developed as a foundation for developing experimental research software for techniques and tools in the area of computer-aided design (CAD) of digital signal processing (DSP) systems. The package is intended for cross-platform operation, and has been developed and used actively on the Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, and Windows (equipped with Cygwin) platforms.For an overview of key features in DICE, we refer the reader to [2]. This document is intended to supplement this overview with detailed instructions for setting up, starting up and building DICE.…”

Teaching cross-platform design and testing methods for embedded systems using DICE

“…DICE allows one to apply different methods for test suite design, while providing features of cross-platform operation; cross-language testing; efficient test retargetability; automated test suite execution and test status reporting; and seamless integration as part of the overall feature set of DICE, which provides a variety of other lightweight utilities for efficient cross-platform project development [2]. Exploring ways to integrate DICE-based project and test development with systematic approaches to test design and generation is a useful direction for further study.…”

“…To support these objectives, we introduce instructional applications of DICE (the DSPCAD Integrative Command Line Environment), which is a package of utilities that facilitates efficient management of software projects [2]. Key areas of emphasis in DICE are crossplatform operation, support for projects that integrate heterogeneous programming languages, and support for applying and integrating different kinds of design and testing methodologies.…”