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Overview:
This seminar examines how to enhance an FPGA's I/O signals for reliably transmitting data off-board. An overview of FPGAs will show the families that can benefit from the I/O enhancements. Then the seminar presents a more detailed look at six design issues and the recommended solutions using high-performance interface devices.
Presenter:
 Stephen Kempainen member of the Technical Staff, Marketing Manager, Interface Division. As a Marketing Director for the Interface Division, Kempainen is responsible for National's high-speed LVDS, CML, and LVPECL Interface products. He also directs technical marketing and system architecture for new products that utilize National's industry-leading SerDes and signal conditioning technology.
Kempainen started his career at National in 1990 as an Applications Engineer. He also worked for more than 2 years as a Technical Editor at the prestigious EE trade publication, EDN Magazine, where his editorial responsibilities included Communications and Networking topics. He has had 32 articles published in multiple trade journals and presented papers at many industry conferences. Kempainen has been active in industry standard work. He acted as the working group chair for the IEEE 1596.3-1996 LVDS for Scalable Coherent Interface (SCI) industry standard.
Kempainen earned his BS degree in Electronics Engineering from San Francisco State University.
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