A guide to using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for application-specific digital signal processing performance
Author: Gregory Ray Goslin

This application note describes the benefits of using an FPGA as a DSP coprocessor, as well as, a stand-alone DSP engine. Two case studies, a Viterbi decoder and a 16-Tap FIR filter are used to illustrate how the FPGA can radically accelerate system performance and reduce component count in a DSP application.