EDN

FPGA design and verification in mechatronic applications

The value of modern systems, such as automotive and aerospace vehicles, has become heavily influenced by their electronic content. Consequently, selecting the right electronic components and choosing ...
Electronic Design

Facing Up To Today’s FPGA Verification Challenges

Today it is not unusual for FPGA users to have to deal with more than one language in their designs. At earlier stages of the design development it may be necessary to interface HDL simulation with ...
Semiconductor Engineering

FPGA VHDL Verification

This is actually possible – and with an average efficiency improvement of 20% to 50% for medium to high complexity FPGAs. Less for data path oriented designs and more for control or protocol oriented ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

COMP_ENG 355: ASIC and FPGA Design

This course will introduce students to practical design methodologies for developing applications for FPGAs and ASICs. You will learn the fundamentals for FPGA and ASIC design through software coding ...
Design-Reuse

Automatic C-to-VHDL testbench generation shortens FPGA development time

Verifying behavior early and often has become critical with FPGAs. Newer generations of FPGAs have gate counts that rival the largest custom ASICs of five years ago. This fact, coupled with the broad ...
CU Boulder News & Events

ECEA 5361 Hardware Description Languages for FPGA Design

This course will give you the foundation for using Hardware Description Languages, specifically VHDL and Verilog for Logic Design. You will learn the history of both VHDL and Verilog and how to use ...
EDN

Medical applications look towards FPGA-based high-performance computing

Imagine if someone who’s ill could receive a DNA analysis followed by customized treatment, moments after providing a blood sample. Or, consider the advantages of 3-dimensional imaging and the new ...
TechRepublic

Design and Verification of VHDL Code for FPGA Based Slave VME Interface Logic

Versa Module Europa (VME) bus is used in various applications in order to ensure safety and security. VME64x based Real Time Computer (RTC) system with various types of Input /Output (I/O) hardware ...
Electronic Design

Design Tool Streamlines SoC FPGA Application Creation

Xilinx’s SDSoC development environment turns code into FPGA logic. It targets Xilinx Zynq and Zynq MPSoC FPGA platforms. Xilinx’s SDSoC represents a major shift in support for SoC FPGAs. It opens FPGA ...
Design-Reuse

Synopsys Announces FPGA Synthesis Support for Xilinx's Newest ISE Design Suite 13

Designers using Synopsys' Synplify Pro® and Synplify® Premier FPGA synthesis software, in conjunction with Xilinx's latest ISE Design Suite 13, can achieve high design performance for Virtex®-7, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

FPGA Design And Verification in Mechatronic Applications

The biggest challenge in using FPGA devices may be one of methodology. FPGA designers are familiar with HDL-based requirements-driven design methodologies for digital electronics. But how can ...