Abstract: An integrated circuit can include a processor configured to execute program code and a plurality of peripheral circuit blocks coupled to the processor. The plurality of peripheral circuit blocks are controlled by the processor as a master. The integrated circuit also can include a governor circuit coupled to the plurality of peripheral circuit blocks. The governor circuit is configured to monitor operation of the plurality of peripheral circuit blocks for known error states and, in response to detecting an occurrence of a selected known error state of the known error states in a selected peripheral circuit block of the plurality of peripheral circuit blocks, perform a predetermined action on the selected peripheral circuit block.

Abstract: Automated system design for a programmable integrated circuit (IC) includes conducting, using computer hardware, a dialogue with a user, wherein the dialogue describes a user design for the programmable IC, extracting, using the computer hardware, a first plurality of features for the user design from the dialog, and generating, using the computer hardware, a design specification for the user design based on the first plurality of features. Using the computer hardware, a device configuration for the user design is generated based on the design specification. The device configuration is loadable within the programmable IC to implement the user design.