EDN

Programmable Logic Puts MCU-based Designs on the Fast Track

The capabilities of programmable logic devices such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs) have grown rapidly since they were first introduced decades ...
Electronic Specifier

Programmable logic redefined for smarter, fully integrated designs

Microchip Technology is expanding its CLB–based MCU portfolio. The families combine CPLD-like programmable logic and an MCU ...
EDN

Programmable logic: Small designs put big demands on logic

As consumers clamor for increasingly sophisticated features in their handheld devices, chip makers are rising to the occasion with high-demand functions such as wireless connectivity, digital storage, ...
Electronics For You

When Programmable Logic Moves Inside MCUs

Microchip Technology has expanded its microcontroller portfolio with new Configurable Logic Block based PIC16F13276 and PIC18 ...
Electronics For You

MCUs Integrate Programmable Logic Hardware

New microcontrollers embed CPLD-like logic blocks, enabling deterministic timing, lower latency and reduced system cost for ...
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 ...
Electronics Weekly

Microchip devices enable CPLD-like functionality on MCU

Aiming at motor control, industrial automation and automotive safety applications, they seek to combine Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD)-like programmable logic and an MCU in a single, ...
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 ...
The Next Platform

What Will AMD Do With Programmable Logic And Other Xilinx IP?

AMD has finished its acquisition of Xilinx, which ended up costing close to $49 billion instead of the original $35 billion projected when the deal was announced in October 2020 thanks to the rise of ...
Science Daily

Advancing security and trust in reconfigurable devices

A research team is studying a range of security challenges involving programmable logic devices – in particular, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). A research team at the Georgia Tech Research ...
Machine Design

Engineering Essentials: What Is a Programmable Logic Controller?

A programmable logic controller (PLC) is an industrial solid-state computer that monitors inputs and outputs, and makes logic-based decisions for automated processes or machines. 1. The image above is ...