Hackaday

Using EPROMS And EEPROMs As Programmable Logic With Lisp

That EPROMs, EEPROMs and kin can be used as programmable logic should probably not come as a major surprise, but [Jimmy] has created a Lisp-based project that makes using these chips as a logic array ...
Electronic Design

Versatile Single-Chip Power IC Provides Low-Cost, Programmable Microstepping

Find a downloadable version of this story in pdf format at the end of the story. Microstepping a two-phase stepper motor requires the winding currents to be 90° out-of- phase so that the stepper ...
EDN

Programmable SoC IC integrates functions

Atmel has launched a programmable system-on-chip (SoC) IC which integrates the microcontroller, logic, control, memory and I/O functions. The AT94K10 consumes 50µA in standby and 2 to 3mA/MHz in ...
Electronic Design

Programmable Logic: To HDL Or Not To HDL?

Strategies for EDA tool usage will change course as gate levels, and ultimately costs, rise in programmable logic designs. For designs below 25,000 gates, the basic tools from logic vendors and many ...
Digi Times

The memory industry (6): When line between memory and logic IC becomes blurred

In 1984, Intel decided to exit the DRAM business, which marked the start of technology diversion between memories and logic IC. In hindsight, Intel's decision made sense. Memories and logic IC are ...