FPGAs
Fundamentals, Advanced Features, and Applications in Industrial Electronics
Industrial Electronics Series

Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are currently recognized as the most suitable platform for the implementation of complex digital systems targeting an increasing number of industrial electronics applications. They cover a huge variety of application areas, such as: aerospace, food industry, art, industrial automation, automotive, biomedicine, process control, military, logistics, power electronics, chemistry, sensor networks, robotics, ultrasound, security, and artificial vision. This book first presents the basic architectures of the devices to familiarize the reader with the fundamentals of FPGAs before identifying and discussing new resources that extend the ability of the devices to solve problems in new application domains. Design methodologies are discussed and application examples are included for some of these domains, e.g., mechatronics, robotics, and power systems.

FPGAs and their Role in the Design of Electronic Systems. Main Architectures and Hardware Resources of FPGAs. Embedded Processors in FPGA Architectures. Advanced Signal Processing Resources in FPGAs. Mixed-Signal FPGAs. Tools and Methodologies for FPGA-Based Design. Off-chip and in-chip communications for FPGA systems. Building Reconfigurable Systems using Commercial FPGAs. Industrial Electronics Applications of FPGAs.

Juan Jose Rodriguez Andina, Eduardo de la Torre, Maria Dolores Valdes