For Freshman/Sophomore level courses in Digital Circuit Design, Digital System Design, and Computer Engineering Technology.This book offers an easy-to-read, easy-to-follow approach to digital fundamentals through the use of Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs). The use of advanced logic device technology in an introductory digital course prepares students both for lab work in advanced courses as well as for using an industry-standard design environment.
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PREFACE
Up until now, almost all lab manuals for introductory digital courses at the Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) or Electronics and Computer Technology (ECT) level have been written around the use of TTL chips. One reason for not moving to CPLDs was the lack of a suitable target board at a reasonable price. But now several vendors are supplying such boards. The switches and LEDs of the target board are used to supply the input-output functions. Another reason, we believe, was the perception that a steep learning curve had to be climbed in order to use the software tools. The reality is that it's not as steep as it seems. This manual is an attempt to show the flatness of that curve by providing a set of hands-on lab jobs with step-by-step instructions on using the design software. The lab jobs are based on the Xilinx XC95108 CPLD and use the student version of the Xilinx® Foundation™ series software.
The manual is organized in two sections. The first, shorter section is a set of labs using TTL chips. This allows the students to build a few simple circuits immediately. Also, TTL is not totally gone; it is still used as "glue logic" in some applications. So it is still worthwhile for students to get their hands on the chips.
The second section, on using the CPLD, is the bulk of the manual. The first few labs in the CPLD section explore basic gates and Boolean algebra. We then move on to combinatorial circuits, including adders, multiplexers, encoders, and decoders. Next we explore latches and flip-flops, followed by counters and registers. Appendices include data for the XC95108 as well as documentation for two target boards. The appendices also include two tutorials and a glossary of terms for reference.
Selecting a target board is an important task for the instructor using this manual. The first decision is whether to build or buy. If the decision is to build, the board described in the appendix of Dave Van den Bout's book The Practical Xilinx® Designer Lab Book is a good example. If the decision is to buy, two possibilities are the XS95™ / XStend™ board combination from XESS® Corporation and the PLDT-1™ board from RSR® Electronics. The XESS board set is more advanced and supports mouse, VGA, and CODEC interfaces as well as switches, LEDs, and displays. It has an on-board 8051 microcontroller. The RSR board is a basic prototyping board with switches, LEDs, a 7-segment display, and connectors for ribbon cables. In writing this manual, we thought it would be useful to refer to a specific target board in order to avoid vagueness. So, many of the labs in this manual refer to the PLDT-1® board. However, the labs can be implemented on any target board using the same CPLD device.
We wish to thank the following people for their support and help on this project: Amin Karim of DeVry; Eric Addeo, Raul Lasluisa (student), and our colleagues at DeVry Institute of New Jersey; Patrick Kane and Alfred Rodriguez of Xilinx®; Ajit Gulati and Robert Wichiciel of RSR® Incorporated; Dave Van den Bout of XESS® Corporation; Professor Muhammad Mazidi of DeVry-Dallas; and Scott Sambucci and Toni Payne of Prentice Hall.
Xilinx® is a registered trademark of Xilinx®, Inc. ISP™ is a trademark of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation. Other product and company names mentioned are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
From the Back Cover
- A step-by-step introduction to Xilinx® software.
- Class-tested laboratory experiments guaranteed to work.
- More than one experiment for most topical areas to allow for greater flexibility in the laboratory environment.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Don't waste your money,
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This review is from: Digital Electronics Laboratory Experiments Using the Xilinx XC95108 CPLD with Xilinx Foundation Design and Simulation Software (Paperback)
I bought this book thinking that you could actually learn something from the labs. I was actually disappointed. First of all, it uses an old version of what it is now known as Webpack 5.2i from Xilinx, or foundations. the examples are very bleek and take the assumption you took the lecture before you can perfom this lab.It is obvious this book is geard towards a technical school rather than an engineering school. There is not much you can learn from this book other than learning a lesson on how to be careful next time when buying books. Disapointed buyer
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Lab Manual on simulation,
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This review is from: Digital Electronics Laboratory Experiments Using the Xilinx XC95108 CPLD with Xilinx Foundation Design and Simulation Software (Paperback)
Most of the experiments are simple logic design such as decoder, AND, OR gates, which are implemented using schematics. Only a few experiments are based on VHDL. Therefore, you could almost ignore the CPLD in the book title, this book is more like digital electronics simulation using schematics capture, such as PSpice or Electronics Workbench. The only usage of CPLD in this book, is for the student to download and run the program. Anyway, since the experiments are pretty simple and straight forward, I think computer simulation alone would be sufficient.
This book is target at student in their first digital electronics course. Don't be fooled by the term 'CPLD' in the book title.
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