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Verilog® Quickstart: A Practical Guide to Simulation and Synthesis in Verilog (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science)

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An excellent book for those who already understand programming and digital electronics. However, failure in some examples that could be more detailed.

I recommend to all who understand electronics and are programmers.

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Um excelente livro para quem já programa e entende de eletrônica digital. Porém, falha em alguns exemplos que poderiam ser mais detalhados.

Recomendo para todos os que entendem eletrônica e são programadores.

The book provides a good resource for those designers that already know Verilog and wish to have coding tips for simulation testbenches.

It is learn-by-example format, and is updated to include the '99 verilog standard. The book is well laid out, meaning that from the index it is easy to find a relevant coding example.

I also bought "A designers guide to VHDL" Peter J. Ashendon which is a language reference for VHDL by example.

I have a VHDL background and this book was recommended to me. It made a smoooth transition into verilog. I read the book globally and then kept the book as a reference on my desk. If I needed something specific like file I/O and generating vectors, I used the example as a template to complete my verification. Also it helped to organize my files, like having one verification environment and easily plugging in tests by use of common tasks. Currently I am using Verilog and System Verilog, this book is still used regularly.

This is a typical Verilog book, which isn't saying much. The examples tend to be contrived and mostly show how *not* to write good Verilog code - by the author's own admission! You won't find a decent example of how to model a flip flop until pg. 144, in the chapter "Advanced Procedural Modeling." If you really want this book anyway, buy it used and keep it for reference. After all, in the introduction the book says "Some of the information you want might be outside the scope of this book. Some of the other sources are simulator reference manuals; and the comp.lang.verilog usenet news group." (sic)

You could also try "HDL Chip Design" by Smith since it covers Verilog and VHDL. At least it shows good style and thoroughly explains what each line of code is doing and shows synthesis results with small schematics.

I was lucky to have James Lee class at ucsc/ca. This book will
be very useful for all reader from beginer to practical expert.