Measurement-driven electronic device design environment and techniques

A method for configuring a configurable hardware module to perform a measurement of a physical quantity, comprising:

• accessing, by at least one computing device, potential configuration data describing a plurality of potential hardware configurations of the hardware module, the plurality of potential hardware configurations comprising a first hardware configuration and a second hardware configuration;
• generating, by the at least one computing device, simulation input parameters for at least a portion of the plurality of potential hardware configurations;
• generating, by the at least one computing device, simulation results for the plurality of potential hardware configurations, the simulation results comprising first simulation result data for the first hardware configuration and second simulation result data for the second hardware configuration;
• receiving, from a user and by the at least one computing device, an indication of the physical quantity;
• receiving, from the user and by the at least one computing device, performance factor data describing the measurement of the physical quantity, the performance factor data comprising a plurality of performance factors and weight data describing weights for at least a portion of the performance factors;
• selecting, by the at least one computing device, the first hardware configuration based at least in part on the indication of the physical quantity and the performance factor data, the first hardware configuration comprising instruction data to configure the hardware module to execute a measurement of the physical quantity, the selecting based at least in part on the first simulation result data and the second simulation result data;
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• generating, by the at least one computing device, configuration data describing the first hardware configuration, the configuration data comprising hardware configuration data for configuring the hardware module to implement at least a portion of the hardware first configuration.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform operations comprising:

• accessing potential configuration data describing a plurality of potential hardware configurations of a configurable hardware module, the plurality of potential hardware configurations comprising a first hardware configuration and a second hardware configuration;
• generating simulation input parameters for at least a portion of the plurality of potential hardware configurations;
• generating simulation results for the plurality of potential hardware configurations, the simulation results comprising first simulation result data for the first hardware configuration and second simulation result data for the second hardware configuration;
• receiving, from a user, an indication of a physical quantity;
• receiving, from the user, performance factor data describing a measurement of the physical quantity, the performance factor data comprising a plurality of performance factors and weight data describing weights for at least a portion of the performance factors;
• selecting the first hardware configuration for measuring the physical quantity based at least in part on the indication of the physical quantity and the performance factor data, the first hardware configuration comprising instruction data to configure the hardware module to execute a measurement of the physical quantity, the selecting based at least in part on the first simulation result data and the second simulation result data;
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• generating configuration data describing the first hardware configuration, the configuration data comprising hardware configuration data for configuring the hardware module to implement at least a portion of the first hardware configuration.