VHDL Starter's Guide [Paperback]

Sudhakar Yalamanchili (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 013519802X | ISBN-13: 978-0135198025 | Publication Date: September 5, 1997 | Edition: 1st

To be used as a primer or companion text for Digital Logic Design, Computer Architecture and VLSI Design courses given at the sophomore and junior levels.Designed as an inexpensive companion text in courses that use VHDL, this book provides students with a thorough grounding in the basic concepts and language of VHDL, and allows them to apply what they've learned using realistic examples. Concepts are followed by examples and tutorials. For schools wanting to introduce VHDL into their undergraduate computer engineering sequence courses, this inexpensive supplement provides the basics.

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From the Publisher

Designed as an inexpensive companion text in courses that use VHDL, this book provides students with a thorough grounding in the basic concepts and language of VHDL, and allows them to apply what they've learned using realistic examples. Concepts are followed by examples and tutorials. For schools wanting to introduce VHDL into their undergraduate computer engineering sequence courses, this inexpensive supplement provides the basics.

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This book provides a thorough grounding in the basic concepts and language of VHDL. The piece contains tutorial descriptions and presents programming mechanics unique to CAD tools and environments. Featuring an application-oriented perspective, this book's concepts are followed by examples and tutorials. This book allows the reader to apply what they've learned using realistic examples. Excellent for persons that want to introduce VHDL into their computer engineering sequence programs.

FEATURES:

• Provides tutorial descriptions and presents programming mechanics unique to CAD tools and environments.
• Tutorials integrate details of the programming mechanics.
• Appendices will provide details necessary for specific commercially available simulators.
• Emphasizes examples, extensive use of timing diagrams, event lists and many tutorials for independent study.
• Features an application-oriented perspective rather than a language oriented perspective.
• Each application and concept is illustrated with several examples.
• Ends each chapter with summaries that include a list of "Do's and Don'ts."
• Contains a number of sample problems, many of which will feature worked solutions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 269 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1st edition (September 5, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 013519802X
• ISBN-13: 978-0135198025
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #437,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great beginners book, November 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: VHDL Starter's Guide (Paperback)

This is a great book to teach yourself VHDL. I use this book along with the a microprocessor course that used Xilinx to teach myself VHDL. This book did wonders to get me started and familiar with the structure of VHDL. It also helped me get a new job in the industry of processor design. This book only uses the standard libraries: ieee.std_logic_1164.all, textio and standard

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent intro to VHDL, March 23, 2002

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Colin O'Flynn - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VHDL Starter's Guide (Paperback)

This book is exactly what it says it is: a VHDL Staters Guide. It is a great way to get started in VHDL, i'm finding this book clearly written, useful and interesting. This book has an emphisis on SIMULATION of VHDL, instead of SYTHESIS. This means that you don't need any silicon to start learning VHDL. However you will probably want another book on VHDL Systhesis as well, as you might want more in-depth information about sythesis. However this book is a great starting point, and clearly explains the syntax of VHDL and how to use it properly. VHDL is such a huge and powerful area that one 265 page book won't explain everything, but is a great way to begin!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The book lives up well to its title, April 30, 2004

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Todd Ebert (Long Beach California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: VHDL Starter's Guide (Paperback)

I know there are many hardware design engineers and students who suffer from "VHDL anxiety" since it tends to seem alot less intuitive than verilog (especially in this age when C has surpassed ada as a common programming language taught at universities). For this reason Yalamanchili's VHDL Starter's Guide represents a nice contribution to the field. There is enough material in the guide to satisfy, say a senior computer-engineering student who is being intorduced for the first time.

My only complaint about the book is its lack of appendices and specification of the entire language. So look somewhere else if this is the purpose for buying a VHDL book. However, as a place to start, it seems quite effective in developing the confidence needed to move on to the more technical aspects of synthesis and simulation.

By the way, the author has written a thicker introductory hardcover book on VHDL published by Prentice Hall. The title is different, but it is virtually the same content. Little if anything was changed from that book to this starter guide. So be careful.