We are certainly spoiled by all the microcontroller options nowadays — which is a great problem to have. But between the good old 8-bit controllers and an increasing number of 32-bit varieties, it ...

Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) has expanded its PolarFire® FPGA smart embedded video ecosystem to support developers who need reliable, low-power, high-bandwidth video connectivity. The embedded ...

Atmel’s ARM7-based AT91CAP7E microcontroller includes an FPGA interface, a six-layer AHB (advanced high-speed bus), a peripheral-DMA controller, and 160 kbytes of on-chip SRAM. The FPGA interface ...

If you hadn’t noticed, we had a bit of an FPGA theme running at this year’s Superconference. Why? Because the open-source FPGA toolchain is ripening, and because many of the problems that hackers (and ...

Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are integrated circuits that provide the foundation to implement custom digital circuits. These highly customizable ICs make it possible to design complex ...

FPGAs are looking superficially more and more like ASSPs and microcontrollers and are actually enhancing their ability to allow system developers to differentiate in hardware. For system designers, ...

Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are often used in embedded devices because they can be reprogrammed. The question is, how do you get the new program to the device when it is in the field? There ...

FPGAs are expensive... and hard to use... and too slow... and difficult to program... and hard to debug... and they draw too much power... and require register-transfer-level (RTL) wizards. That’s the ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. When it comes to major ...

In an earlier column (see "Embedded Dev Board Boasts Spartan 7 FPGA With Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040 MCU," I made mention of my friend Adam Taylor, who is the founder of a high-tech consultancy called ...