Application Of Programmable Logic Devices In Safety Systems

Application Of Programmable Logic Devices In Safety Systems

The evolution of Microelectronics has made the application of Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) inevitable in modern digital circuit designs and when they are deployed in Safety Systems, their Reliability and Safety need to be proved beyond doubt. The design will have to meet the stringent requirements. This paper provides a review of commercially available PLDs and the design methodologies to ...

Programmable logic devices

Advances in programmable logic devices' architectures are making PLDs suitable for a plethora of applications. The devices now find use in state machines and other highly sequential circuits. In the past two years, bipolar PLD operating speeds have doubled, and emerging CMOS PLDs offer four times the circuitry per chip than the older bipolar versions offered. CMOS PLDs also offer lower operatin...

Programmable Logic Devices

Programmable logic devices in experimental quantum optics

We discuss the unique capabilities of programmable logic devices (PLDs) for experimental quantum optics and describe basic procedures of design and implementation. Examples of advanced applications include optical metrology and feedback control of quantum dynamical systems. As a tutorial illustration of the PLD implementation process, a field-programmable gate array controller is used to stabil...

Safety Verification of Real Time Systems Serving Periodic Devices

In real-time systems response to a request from a controlled object must be correct and timely. Any late response to a request from such a device might lead to a catastrophy. The possibility of a task overrun, i.e., missing the deadline for completing a requested task, must be checked and removed during the design of such systems. Safe design of real-time systems running periodic tasks under th...