This paper presents a new approach to the
design of embedded systems. Due to restrictions that state-ofthe-
art methodologies contain for hardware/software partitioning,
we have developed an emulation based method using the
facilities of reconfigurable hardware components, like Field
Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA). Our own emulation environment
called the SPYDER tool set was used; it is best suited for
the emulation of hardware designs for embedded systems.
