Patent ID: 7523023
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for representing in a graphical model an interface between electronic components of a computational hardware device, the method comprising: providing, in a modeling environment, a graphical model representing a design for implementation in a first computational hardware device having at least a first electronic component and a second electronic component, the first electronic component and the second electronic component separated by a first interface boundary representing the interface between electronic components; identifying an interface point between a first part of the graphical model representing a portion of the design associated with the first electronic component and a second part of the graphical model representing a portion of the design associated with a second electronic component; and graphically representing via an interface indicator at the interface point in the graphical model a component interface between the first electronic component and the second electronic component, wherein the interface indicator can represent at least one type of component interface of one or more component interface types.