Digital Design: Principles and Practices [Hardcover]

John F. Wakerly (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0132114593 | ISBN-13: 978-0132114592 | Publication Date: January 31, 1994 | Edition: 2nd edition

(Pearson Education) A revised textbook blending academic vigor with practical experience. The CD-ROM features specialized software from XLINX. System requirements: Windows 95+, IBM or comparable PC, 48MB RAM, 4x+ CD-ROM drive, VGA monitor, 500 MB disk space. Previous edition: c2000. DLC: Digital integrated circuits--Design and construction.

--This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Real-world yet scholarly in approach, this book provides a solid foundation in the elements of basic digital electronics and switching theory that are used in most practical digital designs today, and builds on that theory with discussions of real-world digital components, design methodologies, and tools.

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This popular volume provides a solid foundation in the elements of basic digital electronics and switching theory that are used in most practical digital design today -- and builds on that theory with discussions of real-world digital components, design methodologies, and tools. Covers a full range of topics -- number systems and codes, digital circuits, combinational logic design principles and practices, combinational logic design with PLDs, sequential logic design principles and practices, sequential logic design with PLDs, memory, and additional real-world topics (e.g., computer-aided engineering tools, design for testability, estimating digital system reliability, and transmission lines, reflections, and termination). This edition introduces PLDs as soon as possible, emphasizes CMOS logic families and introduces digital circuits in a strongly technology-independent fashion, covers the latest Generic Array Logic (GAL) devices, offers expanded coverage of ROM and RAM system-level design, and provides additional design examples. For those needing a solid introduction or review of the principles and practices of modern digital design. Previously announced in Oct. 1992 PTR Catalogue.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 864 pages
• Publisher: Prentice-Hall; 2nd edition edition (January 31, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0132114593
• ISBN-13: 978-0132114592
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,408,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete, funny and useful, January 11, 2001

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G. Avvinti (Sicily, Italy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Design: Principles and Practices, Third Edition (Hardcover)

This is about the best book on Digital Design I've had in my hands. It was strongly recommended by our professor, and the whole class totally agreed after a few weeks.

It is complete since I had a class that was half a Digital Design course. I found every topics treated in a complete and detailed way.

It is useful, because in my opinion the included Xilinx Software alone worths the whole price. It is a powerful tool that lets you put in practice what you've learned from the book.

And it is as funny as a book on this subject can be ... one can learn it from the first pages. This helps taking the book in your hands even when studying is not exactly the funniest thing you could do.

The overall quality, hence, remains 5 stars from me even if ... printing errors have been sometime very annoying. I think the Updated Edition should be a good remedy to this drawback.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book Where Brain, Knowledge and Sense of Humor Meet, March 19, 2005

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nika (SAN JOSE, US, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Digital Design: Principles and Practices and Xilinx 4.2i Student Package (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)

This book was the reason i enjoyed my undergrad logic design class (which used another [bad] textbook): this is a strong book with strong explanations, thinking reasonings, nice examples, thorough VHDL and Verilog sections, lots of 'real-world' information. The author is precise, logical, goes deep but very straightforward, and funny (!). Where our textbook had gabs, where my professor's lectures were vague, where all other explanations seemed cheesy to me - Wakerly just filled me up.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A VALUABLE REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR DESIGNERS, October 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Digital Design: Principles and Practices (Hardcover)

Some may disagree with MY statements because they are merely...just STUdents. I had this text as a student and have found it to be helpful in understanding Logic Design. I agree that the jokes were CORNY. However, the depth of material provided by Mr. Wakerly are excellent. Not many text discuss and provide timing diagrams and how such diagrams relate to the device. The concept of timing analysis and diagrams are far more important than the design methodology, besides Wakerly also does highlight the design process better than other text I have read. The only problem is that he does not state whether it is an example or not. I have used this text in class and at work, and I have found it a VALUABLE REFERENCE MATERIAL. I have used it several times as reference in CPLD and Logic Design.

If you believe any negative comments, I suggest that you try borrowing the second edition and skim through it...I WAS WORTH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. Besides, a novice/student may not even know the difference since one is fairly new to the trade!