EDN

Logic 101 – Part 1 – Assertion-Level Logic

The purpose of a circuit diagram is to convey the maximum amount of information in the most efficient fashion. One aspect of this is assigning meaningful names to wires; for example, naming a wire ...
EDN

IC translates logic levels without a dictionary

Texas Instruments’ level-translation SN74AVCB324245 lets you interface between low-level logic signals across wide buses, and it performs this task in 32-bit-wide swaths for package and space savings ...
Hackaday

Logic Analyzers: Capabilities And Limitations

Last time, we’ve used a logic analyzer to investigate the ID_SD and ID_SC pins on a Raspberry Pi, which turned out to be regular I2C, and then we hacked hotplug into the Raspberry Pi camera code with ...
Hackaday

Logic Analyzers: Tapping Into Raspberry Pi Secrets

Today, I’d like to highlight a tool that brings your hacking skills to a whole new level, and does that without breaking the bank – in fact, given just how much debugging time you can save, how many ...
Electronic Design

Programmable Logic: To HDL Or Not To HDL?

Engineers grappling with FPGA design have new EDA tools ready to reclaim time-to-design completion. Strategies for EDA tool usage will change course as gate levels, and ultimately costs, rise in ...