This chapter presents the details of an expert system for designing digital systems, called the design assistant (DA). The design of digital hardware is an ill-structured problem and the use of intelligent techniques helps in automating the design process of such problems. There are several advantages of using this approach such as simplicity, expandability, ease of use, explanation of reasoning. It is hoped that the design techniques used in this system can be expanded to the design of VLSI systems.

Inspec keywords: integrated circuit design; VLSI; microprocessor chips; expert systems

Other keywords: VLSI systems; design assistant; expert assistance; digital circuit design; DA; digital hardware design; microprocessor system

Subjects: Microprocessors and microcomputers