Field-Programmable Gate Arrays

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How to program FPGA permanently?

Hello, I have downloaded my program to FPGA and it works as it supposed to do. However, I need to download it every tim...
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posted by vladimir.v.korostelev
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Identification of FPGA Development Board

Hi together, recently, I acquired an old FPGA development board out of the remainder of stock of a company. The board h...
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posted by koltes
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Spartan3 vs cyclone

Hi, I've a basic question about spartan3. I'm used to work with altera's FPGA with size unit in logic cells. I've to us...
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posted by michel.talon
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Using DDR SDRAM as single data rate ..?

Is it possible to use DDR SDRAM as single data rate SDRAM and thus eliminate the need for DCM's and tight clock frequen...
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posted by posedge52
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V5 System Monitor

Hi Guys, Has anybody used a V5 Sys Monitor.. I need some insight on the Aux IOs The UG 192 (refer pg 39) says that once...
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posted by mailtoakshat
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Warning 'clock has been changed'

Hello All, I have got a warning (below) during implementation of my design which uses 50 MHz clock on Spartan 3E 1600E...
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posted by vladimir.v.korostelev
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Please, help - I have got confused about package type

Hello, I have Spartan 3E1600E Microblaze Development kit with FPGA marked as: ----------------------------- Xilinx SPAR...
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posted by vladimir.v.korostelev
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True Dual Port RAM

I am unable to infer a True Dual Port RAM in ispLEVER using VHDL. I'm targetting the Lattice ECP2M using Synplify. Even...
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posted by Colin.Hankins
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Low Power CPU Implementation

Hi all. I am doing a small Processor implementation (with the performance somewhat like an 8051 CPU), and I am designin...
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posted by rgrworking
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Real examples of metastability causing bugs

Hello, Suppose that I'm sampling an asynchronous signal with a FF, without using any synchronizers before it. This FF w...
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posted by eliben
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passive serial quaestion

Hi, Everyone, I have one question regarding passive serial programing of altera fpga. Can flex 8000 series be programed...
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posted by Zorjak
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Bad micro blaze behaviour during power off

setup: On one of our designs we are using a Xilinx partan3 FPGA (XC3S500E -4 FT(G)256 stepping1) and an spi flash (M25P...
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posted by jeroen.claes
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Processor in CPLD

Hi. I would like to hear your opinion on the possibility of implementing a processor in a CPLD? The functionality does...
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posted by rgrworking
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Viterbi Decoder

Hi, I am designing a viterbi decoder with r=1/2 and k=7 on fpga but don't want to design from scratch. Can one share so...
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posted by sarah.stregel
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