EDN

Programmable logic device adds high voltage mosfet control for hot swap applications

Lattice Semiconductor has introduced higher performance versions of its Power Manager II product family. The ispPAC-POWR1014-2 and ispPAC-POWR1014A-2 devices integrate higher voltage charge pumps with ...

The Evolution Of Programable Hardware At Xilinx

The IEEE engineering milestone for the FPGA recognized this device for enabling more rapid economical chip design and modern ...
EDN

Lattice ships 15 millionth MachXO programmable logic device

The folks at Lattice Semiconductor say that they've shipped more than 15 million MachXO programmable logic devices (PLD) since their introduction just three years ago. Designed for a broad range of ...
Electronic Design

Quadrature Encoder-Decoder Is Implemented In A CPLD

Quadrature encoders have many uses in position-sensing applications. This implementation uses a Xilinx complex programmable logic device (CPLD) to count the pulses from the encoder and determine the ...
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 ...
EurekAlert!

Initialization-free programmable spin-logic gate unveiled

(a)Working principle of the spin logic device. (b) Transition among diverse magnetic configurations in this heterojunction. By manipulating the direction of the Oersted field, the SOT-induced ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Uses, Limits And Questions For FPGAs In Autos

Programmable logic in automotive applications is essential, given the parade of almost constant updates and shifts in direction, but exactly where the technology will be used has become a moving ...