Development of a Test System Prototype for an FPGA-based Module

High-Level Synthesis (HLS) Tools help engineers deal with the challenges of building complex systems that use reconfigurable technologies. In addition, HLS serves as a precursor to well-established methods in the software industry, such as Test-Driven Development (TDD), in the development process of hardware components of an embedded system. However, the assistance offered by the HLS validation tools could be strengthened and targeted at the early stages of project development. This paper describes a hardware testing framework as a means to quickly evaluate the capabilities of embedded components using a unit testing paradigm, leading to TDD implementation on reconfigurable hardware.