Microcontrollers and FPGAs often work together in embedded systems. As more functions move into the FPGA, however, debugging the interface between the two devices becomes more difficult. The ...

After trying out hardware hacking using an FPGA to interface with target hardware, [Grazfather] was inspired to try using the iCEBreaker (one of the many hobbyist FPGAs to have recently flooded the ...

This article reviews the relative strengths and weaknesses of microcontroller (MCU), digital signal processor (DSP), field programmable gate array (FPGA) and application-specific integrated circuit ...

This paper describes the design and implementation of a version of the 8051 microcontroller, one of the most commercially used microcontrollers in FPGA with reconfigurable instruction set.

As many as half of all embedded designs have an FPGA next to a microcontroller. The FPGA can be used to implement anything from glue logic, to custom IP, to accelerators for computationally intensive ...

Microsemi has introduced a customisable system-on-chip (SoC) device based on its SmartFusion FPGA which is available in commercial and industrial temperature grades. The latest device, the A2F060 ...

Altera’s non-volatile MAX 10 FPGA (Fig. 1) makes a great platform for custom microcontroller applications using soft-cores like Altera’s 32-bit NIOS II processor. It has on-chip flash and RAM ...

CML Microcircuits' CMX7861 'FirmCODEC' is a full featured analogue front end for dsp/fpga/microcontroller based systems. According to CML, the device is a combination of codec, embedded signal ...

The FNIRSI-1014D oscilloscope is housed in a plastic enclosure designed for handheld or bench operation. The front panel contains the display, input connectors, and control knobs. The rear panel ...

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 ...