EDN

Reference Design: Introduction to PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers)

This tutorial offers an in-depth introduction into programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The article starts with an overview of the history and the role PLCs in factory automation. The basic ...
EDN

Introduction to High-Density Programmable Design

In Part 1 of this four-part series on high-density programmable logic design, we focused on partitioning the overall design and getting prepared for design entry. Using Xilinx High-Level Floorplanner ...
Purdue University

Automation-Mechatronics Advanced Control Systems

This course covers the fundamentals of Online logic and an introduction to programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in a complex mechatronic system with a focus on the Siemens automation controller and ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Introduction To eFPGA Hardware

Intel builds processor chips and Arm provides processor cores to integrate into chips. Xilinx and Intel (nee Altera) build FPGAs and a range of new startups provide embedded FPGA (eFPGA) to integrate ...
CU Boulder News & Events

ECEA 5360 Introduction to FPGA Design for Embedded Systems

This course will give you the foundation for FPGA design in Embedded Systems. You will learn what an FPGA is and how this technology was developed, how to select the best FPGA architecture for a given ...
Electronic Design

Simplify Programmable Logic Integration into Electronic Devices

Members can download this article in PDF format. For market growth to occur at desired levels, suppliers must meet consumer demand for compact electronic devices that integrate multiple functions. To ...
Design-Reuse

Sun and Xilinx Ignite CMT Development Market With Introduction of Feature-Rich, High-Performance Programmable OpenSPARC Evaluation Platform

Industry leaders join forces to combine industry's first 64-bit open-source multi-core, multi-threaded microprocessor with industry-leading 65nm Virtex-5 high-performance FPGA HEIDELBERG, Germany -- ...