Everyone who builds embedded systems wants tools to help build and debug systems faster, so it isn’t uncommon to see boards outfitted with various tools like serial port sniffers. We’ve… ...

This lab course is offered to provide the student with the practical skills required to use embedded processors in FPGAs. The student will design, implement, test, debug, and configure embedded ...

FPGA co-design flow In evaluating co-design tools, two of the most important factors affecting the selection are tool maturity and ease of use. The embedded FPGA processor software tool chain should ...

Systems designers have long sought to provide programmability and flexibility in their systems designs to meet varying customer needs and evolving standards. The two most common approaches – FPGAs and ...

The current public debate on the future of the semiconductor industry has turned to discussions about a growing selection of technologies that, rather than obsessing on further process geometry ...

Programmable logic can link the incompatible bus structures of embedded CPUs and wireless-networking chips. The need for wireless connectivity in embedded systems is growing. In general ...

3rd course in the FPGA Design for Embedded Systems Specialization Instructors: Timothy Scherr, MSEE, Senior Instructor & Benjamin Spriggs, MBA, MSEE, Lecturer The objective of this course is to learn ...

Choosing to add programmable logic into an SoC with an eFPGA is just the beginning. Other choices follow involving how many lookup tables (LUTs), how much routing and what topology, how will data be ...

Used as a stand-alone board for embedded applications or connected to a PC, the RTG005 from Hunt Engineering leverages a user-programmable Xilinx XC4VFX12 FPGA with an embedded PowerPC and a ...

How do you validate an embedded FGPA? Flex Logix’s Abhijit Abhyankar offers his take in a talk with Technology Editor Bill Wong.