ANT21:
Analog Neuromorphic Tools and Techniques

Goal

This topic area starts with the low-level principles of analog neuromorphic design, and works its way up to high-level tools.

Our goal is to build an analog neuromorphic hardware community fully immersed in developing the tools and infrastructure needed to develop mature analog neuromorphic systems.

We start with lectures on the underlying theory of analog neuromorphics. Then, we go to hand-on work with existing analog systems, via remote access to FPAAs and Braindrop, plus simulating analog systems using SPICE. These existing tools will cover both low-level access and high-level programming (for example, using Nengo to program Braindrop).

Sessions

• Underlying theory of analog design through the neuromorphic design history.

• Tools enabling design applied towards the design, synthesis, and verification of neuromorphic systems

• Interactive (mostly virtual) sessions enabling hand-on work with existing analog systems, via remote access to FPAAs and Braindrop, low-level access and high-level programming (e.g. Nengo to program Braindrop), as well as access to simulating these analog systems.