Configuration issues: Power-up, volatility, security, battery back-up
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2000-06-28 |
| This application note covers several related configuration subjects including: the power up details of Xilinx FPGAs; Xilinx FPGA reaction to power-supply glitches; danger of picking up erroneous data and configuration; ways to maintain configuration during loss of primary power; and ways to secure a design against illegal reverse engineering |
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Computing multidimensional DFTs using Xilinx FPGAs
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2000-03-23 |
| This application note reports on a reconfigurable computing architecture that takes advantage of the reduced computational requirements of the polynomial transform method for computing 2D DFTs. A FPGA architecture is described. The device is capable of processing 24,512-by-512-pixel images per second |
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16-bit carry-select adder
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2000-09-01 |
| This application note demonstrates how to implement the AT6000 Series FPGA as a carry-select adder, which achieves speeds up to 40 percent faster by performing additions in parallel and reducing the maximum carry path |
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Designing telecommunication applications using digital signal processing functions with FPGAs
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1999-11-26 |
| This paper describes the use of a DSP targeted to Actel's A32200DX FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). It also describes the techniques that can be applied to similar applications customizing and reuse of the VHDL cores |
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Configuration quick start guidelines
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2002-06-28 |
| This application note discusses the configuration and programming options for Xilinx's CPLD, FPGA, and PROM families, and lists some of the most popular configuration methods for each family |
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644MHz SDR LVDS transmitter/receiver
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2002-06-28 |
| This application note describes single data rate transmitter and receiver interfaces operating up to 644MHz, using 17 LVDS pairs, implemented in a Virtex-II FPGA |
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Using the Virtex delay-locked loop
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2000-06-26 |
| This application note demonstrates how to use the Virtex FPGA Series' four fully digital dedicated on-chip Delay-Locked Loop (DLL) circuits to implement several circuits that improve and simplify system-level design |
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Edge detection in AT6000 FPGAs
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2000-09-05 |
| This application note presents a reference design of a fully pipelined bit-parallel edge detection circuit that utilizes only pipelined adders and fits into one AT6010 FPGA |
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Analog devices TigerSHARC link
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2004-12-09 |
| This app note demonstrates a full-featured transmitter/receiver macro that can communicate with Spartan-II, Spartan-IIE, Spartan-3, Virtex, Virtex-E, Virtex-II, and Virtex-II Pro FPGA families via the analog devices ADSP-TS101S TigerSHARC link-port function |
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8-bit, S-P/P-S "corner-bender" data converter
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2000-09-01 |
| This application note demonstrates how to implement the AT6005 FPGA device in two S-P/P-S corner-bender circuits: one optimized for area and power consumption, the other for speed and expandability |
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Connecting Xilinx FPGAs to Texas Instruments ADS527x series ADCs
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2004-12-10 |
| This app note describes how to connect a high-speed Texas Instruments (TI) ADS5273 analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with serialized LVDS output to a Virtex-II or Virtex-II Pro FPGA |
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Interrupt usage on FlexRay CC
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2006-06-02 |
| This application note describes the initialization and usage of FlexRay communication controller interrupts at the Fujitsu evaluation board FLEXRAY-FPGA-EVA-KIT-369 |
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Boundary scan in XC4000 and XC5200 series devices
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2000-06-23 |
| This application note describes the boundary-scan facilities in the XC4000 and XC5200 Series FPGAs, and explains how boundary scan is incorporated into an FPGA design |
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The low-cost, efficient serial configuration of Spartan FPGAs
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2000-06-21 |
| This application note shows how to achieve low-cost, efficient serial configuration for Spartan FPGA designs. The approach recommended here takes advantage of unused resources in a design, thereby reducing the cost, part count, memory size, and board space associated with the serial configuration circuitry |
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Debugging designs using Clear Logic models
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2002-06-12 |
| This application note illustrates different methods of debugging FPGA designs through the use of the company's LIBERATOR Verilog design model |
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