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2026 ECEA 5360 – INTRO TO FPGA DESIGN
FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS FINAL EXAM
COMPLETE (76) CURRENT TESTING
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS|TOP-RATED A+.
ECEA 5360
Prepare for the ECEA 5360 – Intro to FPGA Design for Embedded
Systems Final Exam with this concise study resource covering
FPGA architecture, digital design concepts, and embedded
system applications. It reinforces key topics and includes exam-
style questions for effective preparation. Suitable for
engineering and computer science students studying FPGA and
embedded systems.
What is the market for PLD? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
$6 Billion in 2017 was expected to grow to $10B in 2020
FPGAs are primarily made up of ________?
-OR Gates
-AND Gates
-Lookup Tables (LUTs)
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-CPLDs ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... LUTs
PROM ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Programmable Read
Only Memory
Invented 1956
Commercially available 1969
EEPROM ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Electronically
Erasable PROM
Invented 1971
PLA ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Programmable Logic
Arrays
invented 1975
PALs ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Programmable Array
Logic
Invented in 1978
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What does PROM architecture consist of? ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... Fixed AND plane for address decoding
logic, OR plane programmable through the change of
memory contents
What does PAL architecture consist of? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER
....... OR plane is fixed and AND plane is programmable.
This lead to CPLDs.
CPLD ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Complex
Programmable Logic Device
Devices with multiple PALs in same package with registered
outputs and interconnecting programmable fabric
Built in CMOS to allow reprogrammability with a collection of
macrocells made of a combination of fully re-programmable
AND/OR array and a register that perform combinational and
sequential logic
FPGA ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Field Programmable
Gate Array
Consists of wires, gates, and flip flops (registers)
2026 ECEA 5360 – INTRO TO FPGA DESIGN
FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS FINAL EXAM
COMPLETE (76) CURRENT TESTING
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS|TOP-RATED A+.
ECEA 5360
Prepare for the ECEA 5360 – Intro to FPGA Design for Embedded
Systems Final Exam with this concise study resource covering
FPGA architecture, digital design concepts, and embedded
system applications. It reinforces key topics and includes exam-
style questions for effective preparation. Suitable for
engineering and computer science students studying FPGA and
embedded systems.
What is the market for PLD? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER .......
$6 Billion in 2017 was expected to grow to $10B in 2020
FPGAs are primarily made up of ________?
-OR Gates
-AND Gates
-Lookup Tables (LUTs)
, Page 2 of 25
-CPLDs ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... LUTs
PROM ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Programmable Read
Only Memory
Invented 1956
Commercially available 1969
EEPROM ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Electronically
Erasable PROM
Invented 1971
PLA ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Programmable Logic
Arrays
invented 1975
PALs ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Programmable Array
Logic
Invented in 1978
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What does PROM architecture consist of? ✓ ✓ ......
ANSWER ....... Fixed AND plane for address decoding
logic, OR plane programmable through the change of
memory contents
What does PAL architecture consist of? ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER
....... OR plane is fixed and AND plane is programmable.
This lead to CPLDs.
CPLD ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Complex
Programmable Logic Device
Devices with multiple PALs in same package with registered
outputs and interconnecting programmable fabric
Built in CMOS to allow reprogrammability with a collection of
macrocells made of a combination of fully re-programmable
AND/OR array and a register that perform combinational and
sequential logic
FPGA ✓ ✓ ...... ANSWER ....... Field Programmable
Gate Array
Consists of wires, gates, and flip flops (registers)
