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16 years ago

Energy management using FPGA based controlling architecture

I had an idea to use a FPGA based controlling architecture to reduce the amount of energy consumed by domestic appliances . so wht I would lyk to know is which chip would be best suited for this and...
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16 years ago

I still don't see the point of using an FPGA for that application. What kind of algorithm? It looks more like a software problem, and all you have to do is select a CPU with enough computing power and I/O to do that...