Efficient network interface design for low cost distributed systemsEfficient network interface design for low cost distributed systemsΣχεδίαση αποδοτικής διεπαφής δικτύου για κατανεμημένα συστήματα χαμηλού κόστους Διπλωματική Εργασία Diploma Work 2017-10-062017enCyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) are widely used in many applications that require physical inputs and outputs. A CPS usually combines a set of hardware-software components to achieve optimal application execution in terms of performance and energy consumption. An important ability and requirement of CPSs is to be scalable through modularity, making them cost effective and providing enough computational power for the assigned tasks. This thesis is the result of our efforts to design and implement a cost-effective yet efficient Network Interface (NI) for the AXIOM CPS board and system to achieve said modularity. The NI has to achieve high throughput, with remote access to the memory, and several different transfer types to accommodate the project's needs. It also has to be cost effective, with the minimum possible usage of the board's available resources and follow certain guidelines for easy connectivity. Κείμενο στα πλαίσια διπλωματικής εργασίας στη σχολή Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών Υπολογιστών.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης::Σχολή Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών και Μηχανικών ΥπολογιστώνAmourgianos-Lorentzos_Vasileios_Dip_2017.pdfChania [Greece]Library of TUC2017-10-06application/pdf2.4 MBfree Amourgianos-Lorentzos Vasileios Αμουργιανος-Λορεντζος Βασιλειος Pnevmatikatos Dionysios Πνευματικατος Διονυσιος Theodoropoulos Dimitrios Θεοδωροπουλος Δημητριος Papaefstathiou Ioannis Παπαευσταθιου Ιωαννης Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης Technical University of Crete MHL Network interface FPGA