Practical Digital Design
An Introduction to VHDL

Bruce Reidenbach (Author)

9781612497662

Hardback, published 15 July 2022

440 pages, 225 illustrations
24.1 x 20 x 2.9 cm, 0.418 kg

The VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL) is one of the two most popular languages used to design digital logic circuits. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the syntax and the most commonly used features of VHDL. It also presents a formal digital design process and the best-case design practices that have been developed over more than twenty-five years of VHDL design experience by the author in military ground and satellite communication systems. Unlike other books on this subject, this real-world professional experience captures not only the what of VHDL, but also the how. Throughout the book, recommended methods for performing digital design are presented along with the common pitfalls and the techniques used to successfully avoid them. Written for students learning VHDL for the first time as well as professional development material for experienced engineers, this book's contents minimize design time while maximizing the probability of first-time design success.

• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 2 SIGNALS, TIME, AND THE SIMULATION CYCLE
• CHAPTER 3 THE VHDL DESIGN ENVIRONMENT
• CHAPTER 4 DECLARATIONS
• CHAPTER 5 LIBRARIES AND DESIGN UNITS
• CHAPTER 6 CONCURRENT STATEMENTS
• CHAPTER 7 SEQUENTIAL STATEMENTS
• CHAPTER 8 THE PROCESS STATEMENT
• CHAPTER 9 MODELING CASE STUDIES
• CHAPTER 10 SUBPROGRAMS
• CHAPTER 11 SIMULATION AND TEST BENCHES
• CHAPTER 12 TEST BENCH DEVELOPMENT
• CHAPTER 13 TEST BENCH CASE STUDIES
• CHAPTER 14 LOGIC SYNTHESIS
• CHAPTER 15 ASIC AND FPGA TECHNOLOGY
• CHAPTER 16 SYNTHESIS CODE EXAMPLES
• CHAPTER 17 SPECIALIZED CODE EXAMPLES
• CHAPTER 18 STATE MACHINES
• CHAPTER 19 FUNCTIONAL DECOMPOSITION
• CHAPTER 20 FILTER DESIGN EXAMPLE
• CHAPTER 21 DESIGN REUSE
• APPENDIX A CODING STYLE GUIDELINES
• APPENDIX B FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
• APPENDIX C VHDL RESERVED WORDS
• STATEMENT INDEX
• SUBJECT INDEX