VHDL Made Easy! [Hardcover]

David Pellerin (Author), Douglas Taylor (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0136507638 | ISBN-13: 978-0136507635 | Publication Date: September 3, 1996

Intended for both hardware and sofware designers interested in learning VHDL.HDL (Hardware Description Languages) expertise is a critical, distinguishing skill that is essential to a successful career as an electronics designer. With the booming communications and internet market demanding better hardware, the need for sophisticated electronics designers has never been greater. This book will provide a practical HDL tutorial that goes beyond the many reference and syntax manuals that exist to demonstrate "how to" techniques.

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From the Publisher

An easy-to-understand introduction to the VHDL and HDL languages critical for successful electronic systems design. This book gives electronic engineers the HDL expertise they'll need to compete. Using a casual, examples-based style, this book and companion CD-ROM introduces mainstream design engineers to VHDL and Hardware Description Languages (HDLs) in general. As system complexity increases, VHDL has become critical for electronic system design. This practical guide focuses on the VHDL synthesis-related applications engineers will most likely encounter first. The CD-ROM includes example VHDL source files and a wide variety of valuable VHDL-related data. It also includes a wide range of Windows-based VHDL demonstration software, including PeakVHDL Simulator, V. 1.05; DesignWorks V. 3.14, The Waveformer V. 2.5, and StateCAD V. 2.10g.

From the Back Cover

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Get started with VHDL—the easy way!

Intended for both new and more experienced VHDL users, VHDL Made Easy presents the concepts of VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) for synthesis and simulation in an easy-to-understand way, using examples, tutorials, and detailed descriptions of important VHDL language features. Synthesis coding conventions are covered in detail, as are techniques for test bench development. A comprehensive VHDL keyword reference is also included.

The book includes descriptions of important VHDL standards, including IEEE standards 1076-1993, 1164, 1076.3, and 1076.4 (VITAL).

The CD-ROM included with the book contains a Microsoft® Windows-compatible VHDL simulator, as well as demonstration versions of a number of other VHDL-related commercial software products and sample VHDL code and projects. The CD-ROM runs on Windows 3.1, Windows® 95, and Windows NT™.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (September 3, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0136507638
• ISBN-13: 978-0136507635
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #783,629 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars VHDL incompletely, December 20, 1999

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Michael McCormack (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VHDL Made Easy! (Hardcover)

If you are a manager looking to learn about what VHDL is used for, perhaps this book would help. If you really need to learn VHDL, this book is a let down. The code samples use constructs that are never explained, key topics for real chip design are never discussed, if you will be trying to do something that is not identical to the examples you'll need another book to understand them (A Guide to VHDL Syntax - Bhaskar, at least) If you do buy this book, treat it well, you'll want to try to return it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a good start for vhdl, May 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: VHDL Made Easy! (Hardcover)

Sometimes a mix-up between VHDL87 and VHDL93, very hard to figure out for a newcomer. The topics are good explained but on some examples one have to look up things explained later (a little bit confusing). Nevertheless, a very good emphasis on what is synthesizeable and what is not. The including CD isn't worth buying the book (just Accolade's demo version and some examples). I would recommend this book for beginners and for those who want to target real hardware with VHDL.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to VHDL, but light on the details, March 13, 2001

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G Lockhart (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VHDL Made Easy! (Hardcover)

This book is a fine introduction to VHDL, well written in the early chapters. Unlike most VHDL books it covers the language from a higher level, including fundamental concepts like test benches that seem to be buried or lost in other books on the subject. It could use a lot more detail, though, and the later chapters seem rushed, and also dated in some areas (VHDL 87 vs. 93 in particular). And as others have mentioned the examples seem inadequate. If you buy this book, you might also want to get something with more detailed examples to go with it.