An End User Platform for FPGA-based Design and Rapid Prototyping of FeedForward Artificial Neural Networks with on-chip Back Propagation learning

Tisan, Alin and Chin, Jeannette (2016) An End User Platform for FPGA-based Design and Rapid Prototyping of FeedForward Artificial Neural Networks with on-chip Back Propagation learning. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 12 (3). pp. 1124-1133. ISSN 1941-0050

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Abstract

The hardware implementation of an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) using field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) is a research field that has attracted much interest and attention. With the developments made, the programmer is now forced to face various challenges, such as the need to master various complex hardware-software development platforms, hardware description languages and advanced ANN knowledge. Moreover, such an implementation is very time consuming. To address these challenges, the paper presents a novel neural design methodology using a holistic modelling approach. Based on the end user programming concept, the presented solution empowers end users by means of abstracting the low-level hardware functionalities, streamlining the FPGA design process and supporting rapid ANN prototyping. A case study of an ANN as a pattern recognition module of an artificial olfaction system trained to identify four coffee brands is presented. The recognition rate versus training data features and data representation was analysed extensively.

Item Type:	Journal Article
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Keywords:	Artificial neural network (ANN), End-user programming (EUP), E-Nose, Field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
Faculty:	ARCHIVED Faculty of Science & Technology (until September 2018)
Depositing User:	Repository Admin
Date Deposited:	15 Jun 2016 10:45
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2021 19:00
URI:	https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/613196

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