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

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 -- ...
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 ...