Many systems use Byte-wide Peripheral Interface (BPI) flash memory for FPGA configuration and system data storage. Often it is not desirable or even possible to update the flash PROM directly after ...

Device programming and related boundary-scan test technologies were the focus of several exhibits at Assembly Technology Expo (September 27-29, 2005, Rosemont, IL, Assembly Magazine www.atexpo.com), ...

Novel programming interfaces for MCUs might catch us by surprise, but then we inevitably get up to speed with the changes required. Today’s bastion is HVTPI – a “12V reset” addition to the TPI we’ve ...

Controlling access to - and protecting the intellectual property inside - an FPGA is a requirement known as "Secure ISP" FPGAs are being chosen more and more frequently to comprise the heart of the ...

Structures (or “structs” in C) allow you to group several related variables and treat them as one unit. They are a mechanism for extending the type system of the C language by introducing user-defined ...

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