EDN

How to interface FPGAs to microcontrollers

As many as half of all embedded designs have an FPGA next to a microcontroller. The FPGA can be used to implement anything from glue logic, to custom IP, to accelerators for computationally intensive ...
it.tmcnet

MEN Micro's New FPGA-based F215 Universal Interface Board

The Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), invented by Ross Freeman in 1984, is a semiconductor device that is configurable “in the field” long after it rolls off the assembly line. Many FPGAs can be ...
Design-Reuse

Lattice Announces Low-Cost FPGA Based ADC Interface Reference Design Solution

LatticeECP2/M FPGA Interface to Texas Instruments’ADS6000 ADC Family Delivers Exceptional Performance and Value HILLSBORO, OR - JANUARY 14, 2008 - Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) ...
Electronic Design

Interfacing FPGAs to an ADC’s Digital Data Output

Different types of interface standards used in LVDS. Recommendations for interfacing FPGAs to ADCs. Methods of troubleshooting when connecting to the AD9268 ADC. 1. Multiple interface possibilities ...
Hackaday

fpga interface

There’s a good few options for exporting data out of FPGAs, like Ethernet, USB2, or USB3. Many FPGAs have a HDMI (or rather, sparkling DVI) port as well, and [Steve Markgraf] brings us the hsdaoh ...
Design-Reuse

ARM7-Based MCU With FPGA Interface to Multi-Layer AHB

Offers seamless migration to CAP7 customizable MCUs for ARM7-plus-FPGA designs SAN JOSE, Calif. --, June 18, 2008-- Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML - News) today announced the AT91CAP7E, the industry ...
Electronic Design

Using An SPI Interface To Improve FPGA Routing

Using SPI interface to free FPGA routing resources is allowing over 90% utilization, fast timing closure and supports modular design approach without consequences. When doing designs with FPGA you are ...
Hackaday

Simple VGA Interface For Tiny FPGA Boards

[devb] has been playing around with XESS FPGA boards for ages, and as long as he can remember, they have had built-in VGA interfaces. His newest acquisition, a XuLA FPGA board, doesn’t have any ...
Electronics Weekly

JTAG interface for FPGA development

Design tool firm Altium’s latest JTAG interface is intended to allow system developers to use the firm’s Nexar test tool with their existing FPGA development boards to interactively design and debug ...
New Electronics

As interface speeds increase, will fpgas ‘see the light’ through optical interconnect?

The advent of fpgas with optical interfaces promises to simplify high speed interfacing between and within systems. But not all fpga vendors believe the optical enabled fpga's time has come, arguing ...
EDN

Low-cost FPGA-based ADC interface reference design

The folks at Lattice Semiconductor have just announced a LatticeECP2 and LatticeECP2M (“LatticeECP2/M”) FPGA interface reference design supporting the Texas Instruments' ADS6000 family of ...