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P9601   P.A. Olivier
        "Embedded system simulation: testdriving the toolbus"


We have investigated the use of the ToolBus application architecture for
the development of embedded system simulators. We developed a flexible and
intuitive simulator, stable enough to be used in a commercial setting, with
an execution speed comparable to that of the simulated hardware. This
extensible simulator is based on a loosely coupled set of tools that form a
framework for efficient construction of new simulators.

Because this project is one of the first serious applications of the
ToolBus, we have also set out to gain experience with ToolBus programming
in a project of substantial proportions.