FPGA an Intelligent Digital Integrated Circuit Evolution, development and Appilcaions

Abstract

This paper describes the evolution, development and application of the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) in engineering. FPGA is a digital integrated circuit device (IC) which the designed functions can be programmed into the chip by the developer/programmer via a specific application program This digital IC technology, now, is rapidly developed and also high significant for the automatic controlling system. Many advantages of the chip over the ASIC technology are exploited in terms of low fabrication cost, shot time development,operated in specific functions, and low power consumption. Several application use the FPGA chip for engineering worked and also electrical & electronics equipments such as home automation products, office automation products, medical equipments, communication equipments, automatic machines, and computer components etc. Although, the FPGA technology is very interested and admired in the world market, however, it’s just beginning grown up in Thailand due to the lacks of the FPGA specialist and also the FPGA price is still too expensive in the Thailand’s market.