Digital Logic and VHDL Design

Author: (USA) Brown et al. / Bian Jiyue et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book combines digital logic design, VHDL description, and the use of CAD tools, not only helping readers master the principles of digital logic design but also enabling them to learn advanced design tools, thereby efficiently completing a design. The book comes with a CD containing Altera's CAD tool MAXplus II (student version). This software tool can automatically map a design described in VHDL to programmable devices, such as large-capacity programmable devices (CPLDs) or field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Students can use MAXplus II to experiment with the VHDL examples and homework in this book. MAXplus II is a powerful commercial tool that has earned a good reputation in the industry. It provides a mature and user-friendly package, enabling engineers to design, simulate, test, and ultimately implement logic circuits. VHDL is a complex language, and this book does not provide a comprehensive introduction to it but instead adopts a step-by-step approach to guide learning. To facilitate students' learning of MAXplus II, the book includes three user guides for different proficiency levels. This book is suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in computer and electronic engineering, as well as a reference for integrated circuit designers.