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program-based and model-based design, for the de-
velopment of PLC applications. Specifically, the pre-
sented tool flow supports either the design of new
control algorithms or the translation of existing al-
gorithms into C. Then, HLS and FPGA implemen-
tation tools are adopted, to implement the selected
algorithms as multicore, embedded designs, offering
performance improvements and hardware utilization
efficiency. Overall, the proposed methodology and
underlying tool flow support a novel high productiv-
ity prototyping platform for digital control applica-
tions, offering performance improvements compared
to software and very promising future extension capa-
bilities by utilizing state-of-the-art FPGA devices.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This research has been co-financed by the European
Union (European Social Fund - ESF) and Greek na-
tional funds through the operational program “Edu-
cation and Lifelong Learning” of the National Strate-
gic Reference Framework (NSRF) - Research Fund-
ing Program: ARCHIMEDES III: Investing in knowl-
edge society through the European Social Fund.
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