Programmable logic devices (PLDs) are key components in embedded industrial designs. In industrial designs, PLDs have evolved from providing simple glue logic to using FPGAs as coprocessors. This technology supports I/O expansion in applications such as communications, motor control, I/O modules, and image processing, replacing basic microcontrollers (MCUs) or digital signal processors (DSPs). As system complexity increases, FPGAs can also integrate entire systems on a chip (SoC), significantly reducing costs compared to discrete MCU, DSP, ASSP, and ASIC solutions. Whether used as a coprocessor or SoC, Altera FPGAs have the following advantages in your industrial applications: 1. Design integration - Use FPGAs as coprocessors or SoCs to integrate IP and software stacks on a device platform to reduce costs. 2. Reprogrammability - In a single FPGA on a common development platform, industrial designs can adapt to the development of protocols, IP, and new hardware functions. 3. Performance tuning - Enhance performance to meet system requirements through embedded processors, custom instructions, and IP modules in the FPGA. 4. Obsolescence protection - Longer FPGA product life cycle, through the migration of new FPGA series devices, extend the life cycle of industrial products and protect hardware from obsolescence. 5. Familiar tools - Use familiar, powerful integrated tools to simplify design and software development, IP integration and debugging.
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