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Industry Solution
Industrial
Power smarter industrial automation with Altera FPGA solutions, enabling real-time control, intelligent edge processing, and reliable connectivity for next-generation industrial systems.
Solving Industry Challenges with Altera FPGAs
Altera delivers solutions enabling innovation from edge to cloud in industrial automation. With our FPGAs, industries can develop safe, reliable, and optimized designs. We provide a wide range of FPGAs and ARM core integrated SoC devices, tools, IPs, reference solutions, etc., catering to diverse application use cases, including artificial intelligence, edge computing, and robotics.
The Challenges, and Why FPGA
The Challenge
Demanding Real-Time Performance
Industrial automation requires precise, predictable control across sensors, actuators, and machinery, where processing delays and timing variations can affect performance.
Why FPGA
Deterministic Real-Time Control
FPGAs enable parallel processing and low-jitter performance, delivering predictable response times for industrial control systems and time-critical operations.
The Challenge
Complex Industrial Connectivity
Modern industrial environments rely on multiple communication protocols and devices, requiring flexible, reliable connectivity across interconnected systems.
Why FPGA
Adaptive Industrial Connectivity
FPGAs support customizable interfaces, industrial networking protocols, and high-speed data transmission to simplify system integration and enable scalable connectivity.
The Challenge
Increasing Safety Requirements
Industrial systems must meet demanding functional safety standards while ensuring reliable operation and protecting personnel, equipment, and critical processes.
Why FPGA
Enhanced Functional Safety
Altera FPGAs support safety-oriented system architectures, with development tools and resources designed to help meet IEC 61508 functional safety requirements.
The Challenge
Growing Edge Processing Demands
Industrial systems increasingly require real-time data analytics, AI inference, and intelligent decision-making closer to connected machines and sensors.
Why FPGA
Accelerated Edge Intelligence
FPGAs enable parallel sensor capture, pre-processing, and real-time analytics at the industrial edge, feeding data to the processors that run AI models.
Why Altera
Real-Time Processing
Enable deterministic performance and precise control for industrial automation, robotics, and time-sensitive applications.
Flexible Industrial Connectivity
Support industrial networking standards and adaptable interfaces to simplify integration across connected systems.
Functional Safety Solutions
Access FPGA technologies, tools, and resources designed to support safety-critical industrial applications.
Scalable FPGA Portfolio
Choose from flexible FPGA and SoC solutions designed to address diverse processing, connectivity, and system requirements.
Industrial Applications
Explore how FPGAs boost device capabilities, accelerate processing, ensure predictable workloads, and offer customizable features - positioning them as a crucial technology in the advancement of modern industrial systems.
Edge Computing
Enable intelligent edge systems with FPGA-based real-time data processing, sensor pre-processing, and secure, low-latency connectivity across industrial networks.
Programmable Logic Controllers
Enhance industrial automation with deterministic control, flexible I/O integration, and reliable communication for complex manufacturing and control systems.
Industrial Machine Vision and AI
Accelerate image capture and pre-processing for AI-based inspection, plus real-time analytics, with flexible FPGA solutions for intelligent industrial vision systems.
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Motor Drive, Computer Numerical Control (CNC)
Enable precise motor control, efficient power management, and deterministic processing for advanced motion control and CNC applications.
Robotics
Power intelligent robotics with real-time motion control, sensor integration, and low-latency processing for industrial and collaborative automation.
Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment
Support precision semiconductor manufacturing with high-speed data processing, advanced imaging, and deterministic control for complex production equipment.
Smart Energy
Enable intelligent energy systems with real-time monitoring, efficient power management, and adaptable FPGA solutions for modern smart grids.
EV Charging
Enhance electric vehicle charging infrastructure with precise power conversion control, real-time monitoring, and flexible FPGA-based system integration.
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Common Questions
Real-time control must meet bounded acquisition-to-action deadlines, while analytics can tolerate different timing and compute patterns. Specify deadlines per function before deciding which paths require dedicated hardware and which can run in software.
Move I/O or networking into FPGA hardware when parallel channels, protocol customization or bounded timing justify it. Keep suitable control logic on the PLC CPU and compare integration complexity, lifecycle and total system cost.
Define the maximum permitted delay from sensor acquisition through computation to actuation, including interfaces and buffering. Verify worst-case timing under concurrent traffic and fault conditions rather than using a generic control-frequency figure.
A data package supports the safety case for specified components and use conditions. The machine still needs hazard analysis, architecture, diagnostic coverage, verification and validation appropriate to its required safety functions.
Combine them when the supported processor, I/O, timing and isolation architecture meet the machine requirements. Validate the software PLC and hardware motion paths together, including workload interference and required failure responses.