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finite-state-machines
- Aug 6, 2026 State Encoding: Why the Same State Machine Can Cost Three Flops or Eight How binary, one-hot, and Gray encodings trade register bits against next-state logic depth, and why the encoding chosen in code is not necessarily the encoding built. hardware engineering
- Sep 24, 2025 State Encoding and Next-State Logic in a Finite-State Machine How the choice between binary, one-hot, and Gray encoding moves cost between flip-flops and decode logic, and why unused encodings are a reliability problem. hardware engineering