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Nuts & Volts Magazine (September 2008)

Roll Your Own FPGA Design

By Fred Eady    View In Digital Edition  


To really get to know a microcontroller, CPLD, or FPGA, one may take the programming and hardware design knowledge gleaned from a factory-generated development kit and apply it to a unique personal application. We’ve paid our dues with a factory Xilinx FPGA development board. So, our goal this month is to get down and dirty with our own Xilinx XC3S50A FPGA design...

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Corrections

Schematic 1 indicates in error that LM3872s are used in the design. It should have indicated LP3872s. A corrected schematic is available to download.

Downloads

Corrected Schematic 1

The Design Cycle 200809 (FPGA Download Package)



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