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Honored ContributorPro& Cons using FPGA???
Hello everyone, Can someone pointed out to me what are the pros and cons using fpga compare to microcontroller? What I know is fpga execute our program in paralel order and uc execute the progra...
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Honored Contributor --- Quote Start --- - There's no decent chip in the market that fits your needs and you don't have the time to design your own. - You could use some existing chips but it's cumbersome or poor performing. - You need the flexibility to reconfigure your system. --- Quote End --- Thank you for both of your replies. How poor performing is it? In which application should we use fpga or uc? What do you mean when you said "reconfigurable"? I think uc is also reconfigurable. In my case, I use 3 sensors and later with the data I got, I need to perform calculation (in which I also need trigonometric calculation) for my control. After that the result of the control is gonna actuate a actuator. Given a choice of uc and fpga, which should I use? What critical here is time respond until the system become stable. Sorry for the basic questions. I already know what is fpga and its architecture. Thank you.
