A Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) is a great piece of hardware to have in your repertoire. As its name implies, you can program these chips to serve the logic functions you need. This might ...

If you read my first post about a simple CPLD do-it-yourself project you may remember that I seriously wiffed when I made the footprint 1” wide, which was a bit too wide for common solderless ...

Aiming at motor control, industrial automation and automotive safety applications, they seek to combine Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD)-like programmable logic and an MCU in a single, ...

Traditionally, the term “low power” and “programmable logic” have not been used in the same context. However, the advent of zero-power CPLDs transformed the discussion, as this technology brings many ...

An earlier Idea For Design (Hardware-Based LED Blinking Control Eliminates Software Overhead) described a very interesting way to offload the software overhead required for a microcontroller to drive ...

In a programmable logic world increasingly populated by FPGAs, is there still a place for the humble Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLD)? Well, the folks at Lattice Semiconductor certainly think ...

Perhaps one of the greater debates among the ancient Greeks involved the status of the number zero. The fundamental question was how something could be nothing, leading to great philosophical and ...

It is increasingly common for Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs) to be used in systems with stringent power budgets. Examples include smart phones, handheld instrumentation, video recording ...

Although the Altera MAX IIZ CPLD is a digital programmable logic device, it is versatile enough to control analog systems. This article shows how MAX IIZ CPLDs – alone or with a few passive ...