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 ...

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 ...

The CPU is managed by operating system software, permanently stored in the PLC's memory by the manufacturer. Read-Only Memory (ROM): Used for permanent storage of unalterable programs and data. Random ...

Complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs) contain the building blocks for hundreds of 7400-serries logic ICs. Complete circuits can be designed on a PC and then uploaded to a CPLD for instant ...

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 ...

System-on-programmable-chip technology has characteristics of both board-based design and ASIC-based system-on-a-chip ASIC design. The immediate attraction of SoPC is that, like a breadboard, the ...

In the 1990s, programmable logic was being touted as the technology of the future. The ability to do with it almost what you wanted was seen as the route to true systems on chips and programmable ...

Increased device integration has meant that for several years chip makers have been building ASIC system chips with one or more microprocessors combined with memory and other functions such as signal ...