A completely updated and expanded comprehensive treatment of VHDL and
its applications to the design and simulation of real, industry-standard
circuits.
This comprehensive treatment of VHDL and its applications to the design
and simulation of real, industry-standard circuits has been completely
updated and expanded for the third edition. New features include all
VHDL-2008 constructs, an extensive review of digital circuits, RTL
analysis, and an unequaled collection of VHDL examples and exercises.
The book focuses on the use of VHDL rather than solely on the language,
with an emphasis on design examples and laboratory exercises.
The third edition begins with a detailed review of digital circuits
(combinatorial, sequential, state machines, and FPGAs), thus providing a
self-contained single reference for the teaching of digital circuit
design with VHDL. In its coverage of VHDL-2008, it makes a clear
distinction between VHDL for synthesis and VHDL for simulation. The text
offers complete VHDL codes in examples as well as simulation results and
comments. The significantly expanded examples and exercises include many
not previously published, with multiple physical demonstrations meant to
inspire and motivate students.
The book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in VHDL and
digital circuit design, and can be used as a professional reference for
VHDL practitioners. It can also serve as a text for digital VLSI
in-house or academic courses.
