Making FPGAs work for embedded developers
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2006-10-17 |
| This a discussion of the limitations of current FPGA tools in embedded systems design |
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| Build a real-time driver drowsiness tracking system
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2009-02-04 |
| Here's a prototypical real-time tracking system based on soft-core embedded processor, FPGA and SOC |
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| Trends, challenges in systems design
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2005-06-16 |
| Basic system-design methodologies are changing to enable the parallel design of the FPGA and PCB for optimum system cost, performance and cycle time |
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| Improving performance in wireless subsystems
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2008-02-01 |
| For operations that can benefit from parallelism, signal processing functions in wireless systems can be improved by taking advantage of FPGA fabric flexibility and embedded DSP blocks in current FPGA architectures |
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| Flexible analysis lead to power integrity
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2008-10-27 |
| FPGA designs, rail analysis tools for ASICs and full-custom designs are suggested solutions to some power integrity issues |
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| Accelerate performance via hybrid multi-processing and FPGAs
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2007-08-03 |
| Multiprocessing is becoming a key differentiator for FPGA-based processor architectures |
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| High-speed FPGAs need enhanced PCB design
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2008-04-16 |
| As FPGAs have evolved into true programmable SoCs, the task of designing the PCBs on which these chips are used has become more complex. The die, chip package and board form a closely coupled system in which careful PCB design is needed to fully realise the capabilities of an FPGA |
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| Using LTE on FPGAs
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2009-02-19 |
| Read about LTE's features and know how FPGA may address the increased processing demands of this specification |
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| Using GreenPAK to design, program custom chip in minutes
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2011-11-09 |
| GreenPAK 1 is like a super-small mixed-signal FPGA that you can design and program in just a few minutes and that costs only a few cents |
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| Shift from FPGAs for prototype to ASICs for production
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2011-12-16 |
| The idea of migrating an FPGA design into an ASIC can be overwhelming to a design team, but careful planning can significantly ease the process |
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| Speed up down-converter implementation with rapid prototyping
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2008-07-17 |
| Using the right EDA tools, performance can be simulated, analysed and design characteristics automatically converted to generic HDL code appropriate for synthesis and FPGA implementation |
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| Using FPGAs to interface with digital comm protocols
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2008-12-04 |
| Here's a tutorial on FPGA-based implementation of custom or proprietary digital protocols |
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| PLDs ease time-to-market pressures
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2007-11-16 |
| Today's devices provide the advantages of both an FPGA and a CPLD with a non-volatile, low-cost, instant-on high performance logic solution for applications that have traditionally used CPLDs |
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| Program flash memory with parallel flash loaders and CPLDs
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2006-02-02 |
| Flash memory chips are common, but loading them up with code or data is still a trick. This how-to article shows you how FPGA chips can accelerate flash loading |
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| Hardware/software integration: Reducing the gap
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2011-03-28 |
| Read about compressing the HW/SW integration gap when using FPGA prototypes |
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| Sorting data in two clock cycles
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2005-02-01 |
| Image recognition can be a tricky and math-intensive problem. This research uncovered a way to do much of the work using an FPGA . . . and just the right sort of algorithm |
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| Implement poly-phase video scaling in FPGAs
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2008-12-05 |
| Here's an overview of poly-phase video scaling followed by a detailed description of poly-phase scaling in an FPGA |
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| FPGAs don remote reprogram habits
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2001-05-01 |
| FPGAs are often used in embedded devices because they can be reprogrammed and one way of getting the new program to the device is by sending it through the net. |
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| Xilinx rolls soft core 32-bit MPU, targets networking
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2001-06-01 |
| Xilinx's MicroBlaze 32-bit processor setting up the groundwork for a new multi-processor platform for the industry to use in the near future. |
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| Using reference designs in implementing low, high frequency ADCs
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2010-04-08 |
| 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 components on their PCB. |
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| Design a scalable OFDMA engine for WiMAX
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2008-09-17 |
| WiMAX, with OFDMA as a key technology, is gaining popularity as a broadband wireless access technology. It is necessary to choose a silicon platform that offers flexibility, scalability and a risk-free cost-reduction path. |
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| The future of programmable logic
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2003-11-01 |
| Before long, platform FPGAs containing fixed or configurable processors and custom hardware will dominate the field of hardware design. By then, hardware/software codesign will be the norm. |
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| The C programmer's guide to Verilog
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2003-08-01 |
| Now that hardware is designed in high-level languages, the fields of hardware and software development are beginning to merge. Here's an introduction to hardware design in Verilog for the uninitiated. |
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| The partitioning challenge of ASIC design into multiple FPGAs
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2010-02-12 |
| Partitioning a large ASIC design into multiple FPGAs can be challenging. Doing some upfront planning and selecting the right tool flow can make achieve a thoroughly verified ASIC and first-silicon success. |
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| Optimising power electronics for HEV
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2012-02-09 |
| To achieve maximum power density, electric losses and thermal resistances must be kept to a minimum, and maximum component integration must be implemented. |
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| I/O gating versus sleep modes
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2006-09-20 |
| Here are the differences between CPLDs with an I/O gating feature, and the "sleep modes" used by FPGAs. |
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| 28nm FPGAs target next-gen communication apps
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2011-03-23 |
| Xilinx Inc.'s Kintex-7 K325T FPGAs are built with 28nm technology to meet the price and power performance needs of key communications applications. |
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| Open source hardware
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2002-12-02 |
| This technical article discusses how open-source techniques in hardware design are still impossible to achieve with the current technology available to engineers. |
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| Single-mask simplicity needed for SoC
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2001-06-01 |
| The move to multimillion-gate chips made it necessary to adopt design-reuse strategies for new SoC devices. |
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| Take advantage of GPIB capabilities
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2008-11-18 |
| Learn about new extensions of the General Purpose Interface Bus and their inetgration into hardware framework. |
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