FPGAS

FPGAs

Article by:
Date Published:
Last Modified:

Child Pages

  • Xilinx 7 Series (Artix-7, Kintex-7, Virtex-7)
  • Xilinx 7 Series Design Guide
  • Complexity

    FPGA’s are associated with a fair amount of design complexity.

    Below is an A3-sized schematic sheet with JUST one 236-pin FPGA component added to it (no actual routing).

    An A3 schematic sheet with just one 236-pin FPGA IC added to it (no routing).

    An A3 schematic sheet with just one 236-pin FPGA IC added to it (no routing).

    Power Supplies

    Typically, FPGAs require a large number different voltages to operate. This makes PSU design an important step in the FPGA design process. Most of these voltages are quite low. For example, an FPGA could require 1.0V, 1.2V, 1.8V and 3.3V to operate.

    They also place tight restraints on the power-up/power-down sequence of these voltage rails.

    Boot-up

    Because the data that configures (the bitstream) an FPGA is stored in CMOS configuration latches (CCL’s), Xilinx FPGA’s loose their configuration everytime they are powered down.


    Authors

    Geoffrey Hunter

    Dude making stuff.

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .

    Related Content:

    Tags

    comments powered by Disqus