Hackaday

Not Ready For FPGAs? Try A CPLD

[Kodera2t] wanted to experiment with programmable logic. Instead of going with an FPGA board, he decided to build his own CPLD (complex programmable logic device) board, with a built-in programmer.
Hackaday

An Online Course For FPGA And CPLD Development

Over on the University of Reddit there’s a course for learning all about FPGAs and CPLDs. It’s just an introduction to digital logic, but with a teacher capable of building a CPLD motor control board ...
Embedded

Leveraging FPGA and CPLD digital logic to implement analog to digital converters

Designers of digital systems are familiar with implementing the 'leftovers' of their digital design by using FPGAs and CPLDs to glue together various processors, memories, and standard function ...
EDN

New programmable device family combines CPLD and FPGA features

In its third major and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) announcement in the last 12 months, Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has introduced MachXO, a new product family that combines the key features ...
Electronic Design

CPLD And FPGA Families Add New Members

Adding to the CoolRunner-II CPLD family, the XC2C32A and XC2C64A debut in smaller MLF packages than their predecessors and integrate an additional I/O bank to support voltage level translation and ...
Electronic Design

Demo Platform Compares FPGA/CPLD Power

If you've ever wondered which FPGA/CPLD vendor offers the best performance at the lowest power, consider QuickLogic's Power Comparison Resource Package. Along with a corresponding Web site, it ...
Design-Reuse

FPGAs: Embedded Apps : CPLDs become heart of scalable storage system

Rajiv Nema, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Cypress Semiconductor, Inc., San Jose, Calif., Andrew Randall, Chief Engineer, Nexsan Technologies, Inc., Woodland Hills ...
EDN

Stepper-motor motion controller and driver fit into a CPLD/FPGA

This Design Idea further develops a previous one integrating a stepper-motor driver in a CPLD (Reference 1). However, this idea integrates not only the driver, but also a simple one-axis stepper-motor ...
New Electronics

ASIC to FPGA/CPLD Adapters offer Big Cost Savings

If the 90's were the age of the ASIC then today is the age of the FPGA. ASIC designs re-created in today's FPGA technology is not a flight of fancy but a real concept ...
Design-Reuse

Actel Offers New Low-Power IGLOO and ProASIC3 FPGAs for 99 Cents

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., February 19, 2008 — Directly addressing design requirements for programmable solutions that meet ever-tightening power and cost budgets, Actel Corporation today announced the ...
redsharknews.com

FPGAs: the processing miracle in our video tech

RedShark Replay: Although four years old, this, one of our most popular articles is as relevent today as it was back then. FPGAs are modern miracles of technology. They're silicon chips whose hardware ...