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Generating Functionally Equivalent FPGAs and ASICs With a Single Set of RTL and Synthesis/Timing Constraints
Electronic systems designers use FPGAs for their prototype implementations, taking advantage of the devices’ reprogrammability to validate hardware and software. Once the design is ready…
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Leveraging the 40-nm Process Node to Deliver the World’s Most Advanced Custom Logic Devices
Altera’s 2008 launch of the Stratix IV and HardCopy IV device families marked the introduction of the world’s first 40-nm FPGAs and the industry’s only…
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Developing Multipoint Touch Screens and Panels With CPLDs
When a certain web-enabled multimedia smartphone hit the market in 2007, it transformed the way that consumers interact with their handheld devices. Especially engaging is…
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MAX Series Configuration Controller Using Flash Memory
Altera’s flash memory configuration controller provides an alternative configuration solution for high-density FPGA-based designs. With the flexibility to use a bigger flash memory to store…
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Six Ways to Replace a Microcontroller With a CPLD
With the advent of low-power CPLDs, low-power electronic product designers now have new options for implementing many of the functions traditionally performed by microcontrollers. This…
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Using LEDs as Light-Level Sensors and Emitters
Modulating LED power based on ambient light level increases battery life, a particularly helpful feature in devices where battery life is measured in days. Using…
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A Flexible Solution for Industrial Ethernet
This white paper describes the use of FPGA devices to deliver a multi-standard Industrial Ethernet capability from a single printed circuit board implementation. The benefits…
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Using FPGAs to Render Graphics and Drive LCD Interfaces
This paper describes the use of FPGAs to add a LCD and GUI display to any embedded system. Unlike fixed processor device implementations, this approach…
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Video Processing on FPGAs for Military Electro-Optical/Infrared Applications
This white paper explores Altera’s low-power FPGA platform and the video design solutions that address the military’s complex, power-budget-constrained EO/IR design challenges and significantly increase…
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Decrease Total System Costs with Industry’s Lowest Cost, Lowest Power FPGAs
Corporate objectives, such as increasing profits and sales revenue while utilizing R&D efficiently, are putting severe pressure on today’s design engineering teams. The resulting system…