RASP ABSTRACT MACHINE EMULATOR – EXTENDING THE EMUSTUDIO PLATFORM

• Main Authors: Michal ŠIPOŠ, Slavomír ŠIMOŇÁK
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Technical University of Kosice 2017-09-01
• Series: Acta Electrotechnica et Informatica
• Subjects: compiler; computer architecture; emulation; emuStudio; RASP
• Online Access: http://www.aei.tuke.sk/papers/2017/3/07_Simonak.pdf

This paper presents the RASP (Random Access Stored Program) abstract machine emulator implemented as a plugin for emuStudio – extendable platform for computer architectures emulation. It consists of three submodules – the CPU emulator (the core of the plugin), main memory for storing RASP machine’s program and data and compiler of RASP assembly language. The compiler is able to translate RASP program source code into the form executable by the emulator. The main goal is to provide a supporting tool for Data Structures and Algorithms, respectively other subjects taught at the Department of Computers and Informatics. In addition to this, its aim is also to contribute to emuStudio platform so as to support its further development. There are not many universal software products for computer emulation flexibly extendable by plugins for new architectures and that is why emuStudio deserves our interest. Its flexibility makes it an ideal study supporting tool.