littletransistor
New Member
Hey men and women,
I just recently heard that these CPLD and FPGA are also powerful tools in the embedded design world. And more, these are often parallel in design, unlike any microprocessors/controllers sold.
I'm planning to start FPGA because I'm pretty interested in designing my own digital system. I found the Altera DE0 board with academic pricing and I could obtain it with some permission and discount from my project supervisor.
The thing is, I've studied a semester of digital electronics, but all these are just rudimentary (K-maps, flip-flops, counters, and others). Would it be enough for me to start 'drawing' logic designs in the FPGA board? Must I start with 'drawing' uh.. example a simple counter, or a simple 7-seg decoder before I jump into something more intricate, which are those shift-registers and stuff?
And what about the CPLDs? I read somewhere that one guy uses a CPLD with a PIC microcontroller to do complex tasks.
I just recently heard that these CPLD and FPGA are also powerful tools in the embedded design world. And more, these are often parallel in design, unlike any microprocessors/controllers sold.
I'm planning to start FPGA because I'm pretty interested in designing my own digital system. I found the Altera DE0 board with academic pricing and I could obtain it with some permission and discount from my project supervisor.
The thing is, I've studied a semester of digital electronics, but all these are just rudimentary (K-maps, flip-flops, counters, and others). Would it be enough for me to start 'drawing' logic designs in the FPGA board? Must I start with 'drawing' uh.. example a simple counter, or a simple 7-seg decoder before I jump into something more intricate, which are those shift-registers and stuff?
And what about the CPLDs? I read somewhere that one guy uses a CPLD with a PIC microcontroller to do complex tasks.
