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14 years ago

Need a crash course in FPGAs

I just, uh, "discovered" FPGAs about a week ago and from what I've learned so far, they seem perfectly suited for vector control of an induction motor, compared to running a 100k lines of C code thro...
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14 years ago

early on you'll want to consider if you need fixed or floating point calculations. also consider what sample rates you'll need and if there are any feedback paths (slow things down). try to break the algorithm down into pieces that can be done in parallel

if you are going to look at design services a block diagram is a good idea