Many FPGA designs use an embedded processor for control. A typical solution involves the use of a soft processor such as a Nios, though FPGA SoCs with a built-in hard processor have become popular too ...

While there are many positive reasons for selecting digital communication buses for various tasks in a motion control system, there are also potential problems if the different types of buses are not ...

Processor Local Bus (PLB) General processor local bus Synchronous, nonmultiplexed bus Separate Read, Write data buses Supports concurrent Read, Writes Multimaster, programmable-priority, arbitrated ...

GPIB or Ethernet? Some early testing results and recommendations can help you focus on the realities of each technology. Ethernet, with its higher bandwidth and ubiquitous usage, seems a natural ...