http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/bg-p/pld PLD Blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:27:33 GMT pld 2009-11-22T04:27:33Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Package-Generated-Alpha-Particles-They-are-a-Problem-and-Here-is/ba-p/54029 There are two sources of alpha particles and both cause upsets Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:47:22 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Package-Generated-Alpha-Particles-They-are-a-Problem-and-Here-is/ba-p/54029 austin.lesea 2009-11-12T22:47:22Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Helping-the-Customer-Drive-to-Zero-Defects/ba-p/51646 For this blog, I have invited John Latimer, a director of world-wide customer quality engineering, to provide us with a view of our philosophy in how we are improving our quality. Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:19:38 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Helping-the-Customer-Drive-to-Zero-Defects/ba-p/51646 austin.lesea 2009-10-15T22:19:38Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Targeted-Platform-Design/ba-p/50479 What in the heck are we talking about? Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:10:09 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Targeted-Platform-Design/ba-p/50479 austin.lesea 2009-10-01T23:10:09Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/It-Is-All-About-Quality/ba-p/48515 Recently I was asked to deliver a presentation on design techniques for a meeting with some customers. Just before I delivered my presentation, a friend from the Quality organization here at Xilinx presented on our quality. Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:55:12 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/It-Is-All-About-Quality/ba-p/48515 austin.lesea 2009-09-03T22:55:12Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/The-Programmable-Imperative/ba-p/37849 What are we talking about? Is this something new? Or is this something that has been around for 25 years, and has suddenly become more important? Fri, 08 May 2009 22:31:14 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/The-Programmable-Imperative/ba-p/37849 austin.lesea 2009-05-08T22:31:14Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Reliability/ba-p/35601 I think everyone has heard of the “bathtub” curve used by reliability engineers to explain failures in electronics Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:22:24 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Reliability/ba-p/35601 austin.lesea 2009-04-10T22:22:24Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/A-True-Winning-Number-Generator/ba-p/34631 True Random Number Generators (TRNG) have been a goal of designers for decades Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:45:25 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/A-True-Winning-Number-Generator/ba-p/34631 austin.lesea 2009-04-01T15:45:25Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Spring-Is-Here/ba-p/33525 Going to Daylight Savings Time a few weeks ago was harder for me than I recall it being Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:52:04 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Spring-Is-Here/ba-p/33525 austin.lesea 2009-03-20T18:52:04Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Happy-New-Year-Moore-More-Moore-and-More-than-Moore/ba-p/29038 We are all now quite familiar with “Moore’s Law.” Gordon Moore, at Intel, in a 1965 paper, predicted the shrinking of dimensions for integrated circuits, and his prediction has now taken on the guise of a physical law. Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:45:44 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Happy-New-Year-Moore-More-Moore-and-More-than-Moore/ba-p/29038 austin.lesea 2009-01-31T01:45:44Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/SEU-Not-Again/ba-p/22212 I know, I know, I know: Soft error upsets (SEU) are old news. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:41:44 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/SEU-Not-Again/ba-p/22212 austin.lesea 2008-10-30T17:41:44Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Sunspots-Solar-Cycles-and-Soft-Errors/ba-p/18052 A lot of people are waiting for the beginning of cycle 24. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:23:07 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Sunspots-Solar-Cycles-and-Soft-Errors/ba-p/18052 austin.lesea 2008-08-29T19:23:07Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Estimating-Average-Switching-Rates/ba-p/17568 In order to discover what the dynamic and static power dissipation will be in a new design Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:42:34 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Estimating-Average-Switching-Rates/ba-p/17568 austin.lesea 2008-08-23T00:42:34Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/FIFOs-A-Tutorial-Description/ba-p/16959 A FIFO is a sequential data buffer that is very easy to use Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:43:23 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/FIFOs-A-Tutorial-Description/ba-p/16959 peter.a 2008-08-15T18:43:23Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Termination-is-Never-Easy/ba-p/16390 I often get to see customer schematics in the course of my work. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:50:57 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Termination-is-Never-Easy/ba-p/16390 austin.lesea 2008-08-08T22:50:57Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Power-to-the-PCB/ba-p/15937 Recently, the Virtex®-5 Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Designers Guide was revised and updated to reflect a great deal of work on the bypass or decoupling networks we recommend. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:50:25 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Power-to-the-PCB/ba-p/15937 austin.lesea 2008-08-01T22:50:25Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Finding-Stuff-Part-2/ba-p/14974 In my first blog on finding information, I covered the case where we typically ignore “non-problems.” Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:46:23 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Finding-Stuff-Part-2/ba-p/14974 austin.lesea 2008-07-18T21:46:23Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Using-Self-Scanning-Memory-for-State-Machines/ba-p/14524 I have been making a design that initiates a MultiBoot Reconfiguration of a Spartan-3AN device. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:26:03 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Using-Self-Scanning-Memory-for-State-Machines/ba-p/14524 kcmman 2008-07-11T21:26:03Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/The-Missing-User-Guide/ba-p/14130 Before wading through more than 1,000 pages of Virtex®-5 User-Guide documentation, read this "User Guide Lite". It boils the key details down to just a few pages. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:59:41 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/The-Missing-User-Guide/ba-p/14130 peter.a 2008-07-07T03:59:41Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Finding-Stuff/ba-p/13659 A great deal of time seems to be spent nowadays in finding what you are looking for when using FPGA devices. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:42:32 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/Finding-Stuff/ba-p/13659 austin.lesea 2008-06-27T22:42:32Z http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/How-bright-is-your-DONE-LED/ba-p/13450 I almost can’t believe that after all these years I should find myself learning something new about the DONE pin! Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:07:15 GMT http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/PLD-Blog/How-bright-is-your-DONE-LED/ba-p/13450 kcmman 2008-06-24T19:07:15Z