© 1988 by British Computer Society
Structured Abstract Schematics
Department of Computation, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 88, Manchester, M60 1QD, UK
This paper describes a methodology for the formalised use of diagrams in the design of microelectronic systems. A rationale for the use of diagrams and abstraction techniques in hardware design is presented. The methodology based on a hierarchy of diagrams is described, will illustrations from an actual design.
Received July 1987. revised September 1987.
* Department of Computation, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD