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4 Reasons Why FPGAs are Right for Motor Control

Did you know that you can build a flexible and scalable motor control system in a single FPGA?

Watch this 6-minute video to:

  • Learn about the 4 reasons why FPGAs are right for motor control
  • How implementing a simple feedback mechanism can synchronize two motors
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Optimize Motor Control Designs with an Integrated FPGA Design Flow (REVISED)

This white paper describes a recommended design flow that leverages Altera® FPGAs’ adaptability, variable-precision digital signal processing (DSP), and integrated system-level design tools for motor control designs. Designers of industrial motor-driven equipment can take advantage of the performance, integration, and efficiency benefits of this design flow.

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Basics of Programmable Logic Online Training

This training will give you a basic introduction to programmable logic devices, focusing on FPGAs. By exploring the history of programmable logic technologies, you’ll learn about the architectural features that make up an FPGA. You will see the advantages of using FPGAs for digital logic design. Finally, you’ll understand how design software makes it easy to create and implement digital logic designs.

By the end of this course, you will be able … Read More → "Basics of Programmable Logic Online Training"

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Top 10 FPGA Myths (CHALK TALK)

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Lowering Total System Power Using Xilinx FPGAs

When designing circuits with FPGAs, power consumption is often a concern.  While much of our focus tends to be on the power consumed by the FPGA itself, we should really look at whole-system power from the FPGA perspective. 

By reducing the both the amount of power and the complexity of the power system in our FPGA design, we can have a major impact on the power, the heat dissipation, and the cost and … Read More → "Lowering Total System Power Using Xilinx FPGAs"

Plug & Play Signal Integrity for High-Performance FPGAs with Transceivers

Watch this demo video to see how Stratix® II GX FPGAs give you the ability to change the position of backplane cards on the fly with total preservation of signal integrity at high data rates.  With Plug & Play Signal Integrity, Stratix II GX FPGAs eliminate the painstaking process of manually reconfiguring your backplane equalization.Using transceivers equipped with an Adaptive Dispersion Compensation Engine (ADCE), Stratix II GX FPGAs allow … Read More → "Plug & Play Signal Integrity for High-Performance FPGAs with Transceivers"

5 Easy Steps to Building an Embedded Processor System Inside an FPGA

You may know about the cost and performance advantages of designing systems on a programmable chip. But did you know how easy it is to do? Learn how by watching this new 8-minute video. You’ll learn, step by step, how to build your microcontroller functionality into an FPGA in just minutes and see the compact, low-cost BeMicro FPGA-based MCU Evaluation Board in action. You’ll also find out how easy it is to design with the configurable 32-bit Nios® II embedded processor.</ … Read More → "5 Easy Steps to Building an Embedded Processor System Inside an FPGA"

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