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 Programmable Systems on a Chip

Configurable logic blocks (CLBs) house the logic for the FPGA. Typically, these CLBs contain enough logic to create a small state machine. A CLB normally contains RAM to create arbitrary combinatorial ...
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 ...
Hackaday

programmable logic

Complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs) contain the building blocks for hundreds of 7400-serries logic ICs. Complete circuits can be designed on a PC and then uploaded to a CPLD for instant ...
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 ...
EE World Online

XMC and mPCIe modules combine programmable logic with real-time processing

Acromag has released a series of FPGA modules based on AMD Zynq UltraScale+™ MPSoC devices for embedded I/O processing and logic functions in industrial and real-time systems. These modules combine a ...
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

Altera Brings Integrated Dynamic Phase Alignment to Programmable Logic Users

San Jose, Calif., November 6, 2002—With the unveiling of its new Stratix™ GX device family, Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) has introduced the FPGA industry's first hard silicon solution for ...