The Designer's Guide to VHDL

The definitive guide to the most important features of VHDL-2008!

Peter J. Ashenden (Author)

9780120887859, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 1 July 2008

936 pages
23.4 x 19 x 4.5 cm, 1.75 kg

VHDL, the IEEE standard hardware description language for describing digital electronic systems, has recently been revised. The Designer's Guide to VHDL has become a standard in the industry for learning the features of VHDL and using it to verify hardware designs. This third edition is the first comprehensive book on the market to address the new features of VHDL-2008.

1. Fundamental Concepts 2. Scalar Data Types and Operations 3. Sequential Statements 4. Composite Data Types and Operations 5. Basic Modeling Constructs 6. Case Study: A Pipelined Complex Multiplier Accumulator 7. Subprograms 8. Packages and Use Clauses 9. Aliases 10. External Names in Testbenches 11. Properties and Assertion-Based Design 12. Resolved Signals 13. Generics 14. Components and Configurations 15. Generate Statements 16. Access Types and Abstract Data Types 17. Files and Input/Output 18. Case Study: Queuing Networks 19. Attributes and Groups 20. Design for Synthesis 21. Case Study: System Design using the Gumnut Core 22. Miscellaneous Topics

Subject Areas: Systems analysis & design [UYD], Programming & scripting languages: general [UMX], Automatic control engineering [TJFM], Electronic devices & materials [TJFD]