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A complete computing system supports a design path from problem description to implementation. The term configurable computing refers to complete computing .systems that support the development of applications for configurable computing machines (CCMs). Configurable computing systems generally include a microprocessor-based host, a configurable processing array and the tools necessary for capturing the problem and mapping it into software for the host and configurationsfor the hardware This work proposes aframeworkfor a set ofplatform independent configurable computing tools. The proposed tools temporallypartition large designs, described in a textual language, into stages that can be mapped onto the computing array. The temporal partitions are spatially partitioned to support multiple FPGA arrays. These results are then given to platform specific backends that convert the tool 's description of the design into functional FPGA configurations, hardware controllers and host-based control code.

E-textiles are an alternative to radio-based personal area networks, with potentially significant advantages in hardware cost and energy consumption, through a reduction in the number of communication modules and the energy consumed by data transmission. This paper presents a methodology based on simulation and physical experimentation for quantifying this savings on a large etextile that determines the bearing/location of one or more distant audible targets.

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