If you are from a software background coming into digital design using CPLD/FPGAs (complex programmable logic devices/field programmable gate arrays) then you need to adopt a different way of thinking for designing logic. While Verilog and VHDL look like a conventional programming language, the way it is interpreted is different. With software for a microprocessor […]
IGLOO NANO FPGAs: How to Choose?
By Chris Francis Xilinx CoolRunner-II Most of my design is for battery operated equipment, requiring low power devices. While I have used a lot of CPLDs and FPGAs over the years, most devices available are not usually “low power” so you have a limited choice. Philips (now NXP) did the CoolRunner CPLDs which were sold […]
