Field programmable gate arrays in FSM design

Abstract

The chapter is devoted to application of field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) in the design of logic circuits of FSMs. The general characteristic of FPGA is given. The methods are shown used for the trivial implementation (without the hardware reduction) of FSM’s logic circuits. The main methods of state assignment are discussed in details. At last, there are discussed the methods of hardware reduction for FPGA-based FSMs.