HsClone Genetic Algorithm Implementation on a Combinational Circuit

Abstract

Digital circuits play a major role in the design of future Space Vehicles. The future planetary and deep Space exploration requires the spacecraft components to have robust system architectures and the components to tackle the unpredictable environment such as Van Allen Belts to avoid Single Event Upset (SEU). So there is a pressing need to tackle the effects of radiation, temperature on the on-board satellites. The best Solution is the use of Evolutionary algorithm (EA). EAs allow the designer to obtain the desired circuit through the process of randomization. Genetic Algorithm (GA) is the one that employs the Evolvable Hardware (EHW) technique that operates in the space of possible circuits and determines the solution that specifies the Imposed specification. HsClone GA is a half-sibling-clone technique that manages the fitness probabilities to the chromosomes.

KEYWORDS:

• Cartesian Genetic Programming (CGP)
• Evolutionary Algorithm (EA)
• Evolvable Hardware (EHW)
• Genetic Algorithm (GA)
• Reconfigurable FPGA

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to acknowledge both the scientific community and academic community of ISAC and RNSIT, respectively.

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Notes on contributors

S. Suhas

S Suhas obtained his Bachelor of Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, in 2010 and is currently pursuing MTech in VLSI design and embedded system from RNS Institute of Technology affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, and he is also currently working in ISRO Satellite Centre as an intern in Control Digital Electronics Group. He is a topper in university exams and presented papers in both national and international conferences and published papers in international journals. His research area includes analog and digital VLSI and real time embedded systems.

Gayatri Malhotra

Gayatri Malhotra has done BSc (Phys, Maths and Comp Sci) (1995), BTech (1999) and MTech (2002) in electronics and telecommunication from J K Institute of Applied Physics and Technology, Allahabad University. She won nine (seven for BSc, two for BTech and MTech) gold medals in her academics. She joined control systems group at ISRO Satellite Centre in 2001 and she is working in test system section of control electronics division. She was responsible for cartosat-2 and oceansat-2 BMU test system development. She is responsible for TIP development and testing for BMU test system. Email: [email protected]

V. H. Rajini

Rajini V Honnungar obtained her BE degree from Dr Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Bangalore, MTech degree from BMS College of Engg, Bangalore, and PhD from Applied Photonics Lab, Dept of ECE, IISc, Bangalore. She has published around 28 technical papers presented at National and International Level Conferences/Journals. She is presently working as an associate professor in Dept of ECE, RNS Institute of Technology, Bangalore. She has 16 years of teaching experience. Her fields of interest include: integrated optics; microwave photonics; microwave communication; optical communication. Email: [email protected]