Basic Logic Design

Author: (USA) Roth
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The book features learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter, which outline the knowledge students should master in that chapter and provide guidance to help them achieve these objectives. It offers progressive exercises with reference solutions to assist students in completing them. The book includes simulation and experimental exercises, providing students with opportunities to design and test logic circuits. The accompanying CD-ROM includes three programs—LogicAid, SimUaid, and DirectVHDL-PE—that are very useful for computer-aided design and digital logic simulation. The book elaborates on the theory necessary to understand the fundamental concepts of logic design, comprising 20 chapters. It covers basic concepts such as Boolean algebra, logic gate design, flip-flops, and state machines. By combining flip-flops and logic gates, students learn how to design counters, adders, sequence detectors, and similar circuits. The book introduces modern design techniques using programmable logic devices and the VHDL hardware description language, emphasizing the role of VHDL in logic circuit simulation and computer-aided design. This book serves as an introductory textbook for students in electronic engineering and computer science programs to learn digital system logic design. It lays a foundation for further advanced studies in digital system design and switching theory. Additionally, it is an ideal self-study textbook. The book thoroughly explains the theory necessary to understand the fundamental concepts of logic design, covering key topics such as Boolean algebra, logic gate design, latches, flip-flops, and state machines. By combining flip-flops and logic gates, it demonstrates how to design counters, adders, sequence detectors, and similar circuits. The book also introduces the application of the VHDL hardware description language in combinational logic design, sequential logic design, and simple digital system design. This book is suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate students in electronic engineering, computer science, and related fields, as well as a reference for engineering professionals.