Segments

Ben describes what the devices are, and what they can do.

Quartus II is not a planet from Star Trek, rather the tool you use you program a CPLD. Ben uses an example to show its use in VHDL.

Ben quickly explains binary math, then shows it physically working on the CPLD.

Another popular language is Verilog. Ben demonstrates an example of this coding type.

A demonstration of The Longhorn Engineer's custom dot matrix display - a great example of when FPGA's are beter than embedded processors.