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FPGA Vs ASIC: Differences Between Them And Which One To Use? Introduction For a person new to the field of VLSI and hardware design, it’s often one of the very first questions: What’s the difference between FPGA, ASIC, and CPLD? In another post, we have tried to answer the differences between FPGA and CPLD. This article […]

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How to Install PuTTY on Ubuntu Linux Introduction PuTTY is a popular terminal emulator for Windows, but it is not only limited to Windows operating system. Being free and open source, it is popular among Linux users too. PuTTY supports a wide range of protocols such as serial, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, SCP, SFTP etc. PuTTY […]

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GNU Screen is a full-screen Window Manager that works with Serial Terminals as well. This makes GNU Screen a very useful tool to interact with Numato Lab’s USB GPIO/Relay modules and other products. Below is a screenshot of GNU Screen interacting with a USB GPIO module. With most popular distributions, GNU Screen can be installed by using appropriate […]

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