FPGA's vs Microcontrollers - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange
I've worked on the Arduino family (specifically the Sanguino), built a few simple devices and a simple phototrope. I am thus pretty comfortable with microcontrollers - specifically Atmel's. I'm …
What are the differences and similarities between FPGA, ASIC and ...
Jan 20, 2015 · FPGA vs microcontroller As for the difference between a microcontroller and a FPGA, you can consider a microcontroller to be an ASIC which basically processes code in …
When can FPGA's be used and Microcontrollers/DSPs not?
Jan 22, 2014 · See also FPGA's vs Microcontrollers High-speed image or video processing is a good example. Or processing 'images' that aren't straightforward optical images, such as radar …
microcontroller - What is the distinction between software
Mar 25, 2021 · The words 'firmware' and 'software' are a bit ambiguous to me still. My understanding is that software is high level language tailored for user interaction, loaded into …
microcontroller - Why aren't FPGAs ubiquitous? - Electrical …
Sep 13, 2015 · For example, if you need a really tiny microcontroller and have extra FPGA space. And finally: This answer is a big simplifcation - FPGAs are used in enormously varied and …
microcontroller vs. System on chip - Electrical Engineering Stack …
Jul 14, 2011 · These are basically a microcontroller with small FPGA on the same chip. Instead of having built in peripherals, you can make whatever you want within the available resources of …
fpga - Programmable Microcontrollers vs. SoC Devices - Electrical ...
Feb 5, 2021 · I think you could just say microcontroller to differentiate if from a SoC. Saying programmable microcontrollers sounds weird. They all should be programmable. Do you mean …
fpga - SPI vs parallel data/address bus - speed and data troughput ...
Feb 9, 2023 · I have a digital board (developed more than 10 years ago) which has a DSP and an FPGA that communicate over a parallel 16-bit data + 16-bit address interface. In the FPGA, …
What is the difference between a DSP and a standard …
Doing an FFT in a standard microcontroller will take a long time compared to performing it on a MAC of the DSP. Processing I2C and serial signals is not the same as processing waveforms …
Will RTOS's be displace by FPGA's? [closed]
Jun 26, 2020 · A microcontroller is an ASIC for specific control problems and the execution of software. You will not achieve the same power efficiency, reliability and cost, boot time... using …