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 ...
EDN

New programmable device family combines CPLD and FPGA features

In its third major and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) announcement in the last 12 months, Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has introduced MachXO, a new product family that combines the key features ...
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 ...
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 ...
Electronic Design

Xilinx expands automotive PLD family

Xilinx Inc. has expanded its XA programmable logic device (PLD) family with 90 nm Spartan-3E devices for applications that demand low cost per-gate–1,000 system gates for $.03–and the 90 nm Virtex-4 ...
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 ...