EDN

Programmable-logic directory

The umbrella term “logic devices” subdivides into several categories: discrete logic, simple and complex PLDs, FPGAs, and standard- and custom-cell ASICs. FPGAs, SPLDs/PALs, and CPLDs are all ...
Electronic Design

Programmable Logic: To HDL Or Not To HDL?

Strategies for EDA tool usage will change course as gate levels, and ultimately costs, rise in programmable logic designs. For designs below 25,000 gates, the basic tools from logic vendors and many ...
Design-Reuse

The future of programmable logic

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. Fifteen ...
Electronic Design

Ultra-low-power programmable logic

Eight new reference designs, a $49 development kit for the ProcessorPM POWR605 power manager device, and a $69 ispMACH 4000ZE Pico Development Kit are now available. The new kits are ideal for ...
EDN

Programmable logic: A practical introduction for beginners

The PAL family continued to evolve into the late 1980s, with faster, lower-power devices, including ones that could be reprogrammed. The most complex device type developed was probably the PAL22V10, ...
Design-Reuse

SoC Configurable Platforms -> Programmable logic joins SoC game

Recent advances in pro-grammable logic device (PLD) density and capability enable entire systems to be designed into a single programmable device. High levels of integration have been achieved in ...
EurekAlert!

Large-scale programmable logic array achieves complex computations

Large-scale optical programmable logic array can execute complex models like Conway’s Game of Life, marking a significant advancement in optical computing Researchers have long sought to harness the ...
Hackaday

Programmable Logic II – CPL

There is a wide assortment of cheap development (dev) boards for Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLD), the smaller cousin of the Field Programmable Logic Array (FPLA) Using an inexpensive board ...
Electronics Weekly

Microchip’s 32 LUT programmable logic block for PICs

Microchip has introduced a 32 logic elements programmable logic array into a microcontroller. Each logic element can simulate AND, OR, NAND or NOR gate, a buffer or inverting buffer, a D or JK ...
Hackaday

Programmable Logic I – PLA/PAL

Yeah I am still a little pissed that the competition is still around and we aren’t, and by “we” I mean Commodore Business Machines (CBM). It was Commodore that had the most popular home computer ever ...