Patent ID: 8966414
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A design system for implementing a circuit comprising: an input module to receive from a user information specifying requirements for the circuit including physical properties to be sensed by the circuit and actions to be taken by the circuit; a design module to: (i) design the circuit based on the specified requirements, the circuit comprising a configurable integrated circuit (IC) including a number of parametric analog circuit elements for which operating parameters can be set by the design system and a host system coupled to the implemented circuit; and (ii) verify the circuit design satisfies a number of the specified requirements; and an output module to: (i) set parameters of at least one of the parametric analog circuit elements of the configurable IC based on the circuit design; and (ii) communicate instructions to the user for electrically coupling a number of sub-circuits to the configurable IC to implement the circuit, wherein the configurable IC further comprises configurable signal path elements including an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that is utilized in a plurality of different signal paths, and a scheduler to schedule sampling of the ADC by the plurality of different signal paths.