Patent ID: 7130787

Claim:
A real time functional replicator ( 10 ) of a specific integrated circuit comprised of a processing unit and peripherals in order to perform specific digital and/or analog functions controlled by specific software, said specific integrated circuit being designed to be incorporated into a specified application board; said replicator device comprising: a processing module ( 12 ) that is functionally identical to said processing unit of said specific integrated circuit, a plurality of peripheral modules ( 14 , 16 , 18 ) each able to implement one or more digital and/or analog functions, each of said functions being able to be selected separately, and function interconnection means ( 20 ) for establishing the connections between said processing module and one or more digital and/or analog functions previously selected and located in at least one of said peripheral modules, said functions being identical to said specific functions of said specific integrated circuit, such that said replicator behaves identically to said specific integrated circuit when said specific software is run.