<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thanks Ralph. Appreciate the perspectives.<div><br></div><div>Regards.</div><div>- Kumar<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 26, 2021, at 1:31 AM, Ralph Hipps via DPRGlist <dprglist@lists.dprg.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Kumar,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">FPGAs have their advantages & disadvantages.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Pros: speed, predictable latency, highly parallel architecture.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Cons: longer learning curve, lack of sw libraries.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">They’re great for hardware stuff, like reading encoders & lots of PWM outputs, or IO expansion. They can do many things in parallel with no impact on latency, no need for interrupts, etc.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But unlike an Arduino or a Pi there are no prebuilt code libs for reading sensors, etc. You would need to code that up yourself.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">One thing to consider would be to use them with a micro to offload time critical hardware functions, but still leverage the sw libs for the micro where needed.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Let me know if you have any other questions.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Ralph</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Ralph</span><br></font></div><br>>+<<br><div><span style="font-family:monospace,monospace"> | /\<br> |___/ \<br> [_@_] `<<br> O O O </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><font face="arial, sans-serif">DL Robotics!<br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>In the twenty-first century, the robot will take the place</font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">which slave labor occupied in ancient civilization.</span><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"> -- Nikola Tesla<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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