Re: cPLDs and FPGAs we've known and loved (or hated)

Winfield wrote:
We're making the tables for AoE 3rd-ed chapter 11, the
2nd digital chapter, in which cPLDs and FPGAs are
discussed. What are your favorite companies and parts,
the ones you always use, and what are the ones you used
to use but stopped (and why), and what are the parts you
steer clear of? What about cPLD vs FPGAs? Opinions?
What method(s) do you use to design the parts? Thanks!


I used Lattice isPLSIs (mostly little 1016Es) for many years, but these days it's mostly Actel flash- based FPGAs, ProAsic and A3Ps. I like anything that comes with a free development system, that doesn't need much fancy programming hardware, that doesn't need too many different Vccs, that is available in a QFP package, that is available easily in small quantities, and that stays in production. Which is how I learned never to use anything by Philips.

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