ABEL(ID:1781/abe002)

Language for behavior-like desriptions of a logic circuit 

for Advanced Boolean Equation Language

Language for behavior-like desriptions of a logic circuit.

Developed by Data I/O Corp. for programmable logic devices. Other hardware desription languages include: VHDL and VERLOG, but ABEL is simpler.  ABEL can be used to describe the behavior of a system in a variety of forms including logic equations, truth tables, and state diagrams using C-like statements.  

The ABEL compiler allows designs to be simulated and implemented into PLD's such as PAL's, CPLD's, and FPGA's.  
References:
  • Pellerin, David and Holley, Michael "Digital design using ABEL" Prentice-Hall 1994 view details
  • Bernhard Anrig, Rolf Haenni, Jürg Kohlas, Norbert Lehmann: "Assumption-Based Modeling Using ABEL" pp171-182 view details
          in Dov M. Gabbay, et al "Qualitative and Quantitative Practical Reasoning" First International Joint Conference on Qualitative and Quantitative Practical Reasoning ECSQARU-FAPR'97, Bad Honnef, Germany, June 9-12, 1997, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1244 Springer 1997, view details
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