EDN

Reference Design: Introduction to PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers)

This tutorial offers an in-depth introduction into programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The article starts with an overview of the history and the role PLCs in factory automation. The basic ...
EDN

Introduction to Programmable Systems on a Chip

Configurable logic blocks (CLBs) house the logic for the FPGA. Typically, these CLBs contain enough logic to create a small state machine. A CLB normally contains RAM to create arbitrary combinatorial ...
Purdue University

Automation-Mechatronics Advanced Control Systems

This course covers the fundamentals of Online logic and an introduction to programmable logic controllers (PLCs) in a complex mechatronic system with a focus on the Siemens automation controller and ...
Design-Reuse

Embedded Systems: Programmable Logic -> Focus is on the best ASIC design flow

System-on-programmable-chip technology has characteristics of both board-based design and ASIC-based system-on-a-chip ASIC design. The immediate attraction of SoPC is that, like a breadboard, the ...
Design-Reuse

Sun and Xilinx Ignite CMT Development Market With Introduction of Feature-Rich, High-Performance Programmable OpenSPARC Evaluation Platform

Industry leaders join forces to combine industry's first 64-bit open-source multi-core, multi-threaded microprocessor with industry-leading 65nm Virtex-5 high-performance FPGA HEIDELBERG, Germany -- ...