While PALs were busy developing into GALs and CPLDs ( all discussed above ), a separate stream of development was happening.

PALs are also linked directly or indirectly with a number of security measures, which together form a comprehensive security package.

US-manufactured PALs are divided into five categories ; however, the earliest PALs were never assigned a category letter.

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PALs were programmed electrically using binary patterns ( as JEDEC ASCII / hexadecimal files ) and a special electronic programming system available from either the manufacturer or a third-party, such as DATA / IO.

In 1981, almost 20 years after the invention of PALs, just over half of U. S. nuclear weapons were still only equipped with mechanical locks.

These contain the equivalent of several PALs linked by programmable interconnections, all in one integrated circuit.

In addition to single-unit device programmers, device feeders and gang programmers were often used when more than just a few PALs needed to be programmed.

PALs typically have a few hundred gate equivalents at most, while FPGAs typically range from tens of thousands to several million.

Before PALs were introduced, designers of digital logic circuits would use small-scale integration ( SSI ) components, such as those in the 7400 series TTL ( transistor-transistor logic ) family ; the 7400 family included a variety of logic building blocks, such as gates ( NOT, NAND, NOR, AND, OR ), multiplexers ( MUXes ) and demultiplexers ( DEMUXes ), flip flops ( D-type, JK, etc.

PALs were not the first commercial programmable logic devices ; Signetics had been selling its field programmable logic array ( FPLA ) since 1975.

Lattice Semiconductor introduced the generic array logic ( GAL ) family in 1985, with functional equivalents of the " V " series PALs that used reprogrammable logic planes based on EEPROM ( electrically eraseable programmable read-only memory ) technology.

In the field of computer hardware, the term programmer, chip programmer or device programmer refers to a device that configures programmable non-volatile digital circuits such as EPROMs, EEPROMs, Flashs, PALs, FPGAs or programmable logic circuits.

A complex programmable logic device ( CPLD ) is a programmable logic device with complexity between that of PALs and FPGAs, and architectural features of both.

Some tools can generate bitstreams for programmable logic devices such as PALs or FPGAs, while others target the creation of ASICs.

The earliest PALs were little more than locks introduced into the control and firing systems of a nuclear weapon, that would inhibit either the detonation, or the removal of safety features of the weapon.

Sandia was instrumental from the beginning in developing PALs.

Importantly, in 1953 the United States Atomic Energy Commission and the Department of Defense signed the Missiles and Rockets Agreement, which paved the way for the development and implementation of PALs.

For a long time the U. S. military resisted the use of PALs.

But the advantages of PALs outweighed the disadvantages: thanks to the PALs weapons were able to be distributed to a greater extent in Europe, so as to prevent a rapid and selective destruction or conquest by the Soviet bloc, while still retaining U. S. control over the farther-flung weapons.

It was a presidential directive that ordered the installation of PALs in all U. S. nuclear weapons in Europe.

It took another two years until all the tactical nuclear weapons were fully equipped with PALs.

In 2002, PALs on older B61 nuclear bombs were replaced and upgraded with new systems to improve reliability and security, as a part of extending the weapons ' service life to at least 2025.

Modern PALs use the two-man rule, which is designed to prevent accidental or malicious launch of nuclear weapons by a single individual.

Over the years the design and feature set of PALs has increased, as has the length of the access code.

GALs are programmed and reprogrammed using a PAL programmer, or by using the in-circuit programming technique on supporting chips.

Lattice GALs combine CMOS and electrically erasable ( E ^ 2 ) floating gate technology for a high-speed, low-power logic device.

For programmable devices like EPROMs and GALs, DIPs remained popular for many years due to their easy handling with external programming circuitry ( i. e., the DIP devices could be simply plugged into a socket on the programming device.

GALs assist where a child is removed from a hostile environment, usually by the ( state ) Department of Social Services, solely for the protection of the minor child.

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