A Guide to VHDL [Hardcover]

Stanley Mazor (Author), Patricia Langstraat (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0792393872 | ISBN-13: 978-0792393870 | Publication Date: September 30, 1993 | Edition: 2nd

A Guide to VHDL, Second Edition is intended for the working engineer who needs to develop, document, simulate, and synthesize a design using the VHDL language. It is for system and chip designers who are working with VHDL CAD tools, and who have some experience programming in Fortran, Pascal, or C and have used a logic simulator. A Guide to VHDL, Second Edition includes a number of paper exercises and computer lab experiments. If a compiler/simulator is available to the reader, then the lab exercises included in the chapters can be run to reinforce the learning experience. For practical purposes, this book keeps simulator-specific text to a minimum, but does use the Synopsys VHDL Simulator command language in a few cases. A Guide to VHDL, Second Edition is designed as a primer and its contents are appropriate for an introductory course in VHDL. The VHDL language was updated in 1992 with some minor improvements. In most cases, the language is upward compatible. Although this book is based primarily on the VHDL 1987 standard, this new second edition indicates the significant changes in the 1992 language to assist the designer in writing upwardly compatible code.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 2nd edition (September 30, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792393872
• ISBN-13: 978-0792393870
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,315,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book to start on VHDL......and beyond, February 25, 2001

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Daljeet Sidhu (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Guide to VHDL (Hardcover)

If you want to build a solid foundation in VHDL, this is the book to buy. I absolutely loved it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good book on fundamentals, May 12, 2006

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Z. Zhang "michael_chuang_21" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Guide to VHDL (Hardcover)

I just borrowed the book from the library and I am reading through it to understand VHDL. It is good for my background: I know more than ten programming languages, know digital logic design, and is familiar with Verilog. I had read a few other VHDL books, but was kind of confused by their writing styles.

I like this book because it tells the rationals behind the VHDL design. It is focused on the design of the language itself. The other books I read tried to cover many things like microprocessor design or DSP design, but didn't clarify why VHDL uses concepts like entity, architecture, process, etc. For a professional, it is fast to learn VHDL from this book.

But this book is possibly not a good book for a student because of its focus. It lacks detail (not a good reference book) and doesn't have many examples.

4.0 out of 5 stars A guide to get started in VHDL, November 6, 2007

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Stanley Mazor (los altos, ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Guide to VHDL (Hardcover)

As the author, I wrote this book as an introduction for
someone who wanted to learn to use this design language. It is
not particulary suitable as a reference guide, but instead
is organized to help you grasp the fundamental relationships
and organization of the VHDL language. Even for experienced
programmers some of the concepts are a bit hard at first.
We try also to include the motivations and uses for various
features. There are a number of simple examples included.
I hope you enjoy and use this book.
stan mazor