VHDL Digital Circuit Design Tutorial

Author: (Brazil) Pedroni (Pedroni V.A.)
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Publishing Date: 2005-09-01
Features: This book adopts a method that combines digital circuit system design examples with programmable logic. Through numerous examples, it comprehensively explains how to use VHDL for circuit design. Currently, most similar textbooks focus excessively on the syntax features of VHDL, whereas this book provides circuit diagrams, related basic concepts, circuit working principles, and simulation results for a large number of complete design examples, thereby organically integrating VHDL syntax learning with how to use it for circuit design. The book presents a concise yet complete explanation of VHDL, with detailed discussions and explanations on VHDL synthesis-related content. The content organization of the book is clear and logical, including two fundamental parts: circuit design and system design. It separately explains the basic syntax of VHDL, basic code writing techniques, and knowledge related to the partitioning, sharing, and reuse of VHDL code. The part of the book is the circuit design section, which mainly includes content such as code structure, data types, operators and attributes, concurrent and sequential description statements, objects, finite state design, and a large number of related examples. The second part is the system design section, which explains content related to the VHDL circuit design unit library, including packages, components, functions, and procedures, along with a large number of related examples. The appendix provides a detailed explanation of the basic structure of programmable logic devices, their development history, current mainstream manufacturers, and the use of the development platforms they provide. The book selects a large number of typical design examples and organically integrates VHDL syntax learning with how to use VHDL for circuit design, making it very suitable as a textbook for students in electronic engineering and computer science. Since VHDL became an IEEE standard in 1987, it has been widely used in the design of complex digital logic circuits due to its powerful functions in circuit model establishment, simulation, and synthesis. The book is divided into three fundamental parts. First, it provides a detailed introduction to the background knowledge of the VHDL language, its basic syntax structure, and the methods for writing VHDL code. Then, it introduces the structure and usage of the VHDL circuit unit library, as well as how to add new designs to existing or newly established unit libraries to facilitate code partitioning, sharing, and reuse. Finally, it introduces the development history of PLD and FPGA, as well as the usage of development environments provided by mainstream manufacturers. The book has a unique structure in its content organization, such as separating concurrent description statements, sequential description statements, data types, and operational operators and attributes into independent chapters, making it easier for readers to clearly and accurately grasp these important contents. The book emphasizes design practice, providing circuit diagrams, related basic concepts, circuit working principles, and simulation results for a large number of complete design examples, thereby organically integrating VHDL syntax learning with how to use it for circuit design. The book is suitable as a textbook for senior undergraduate students in communication engineering, electronic engineering, and related fields, as well as for training materials in the application development of programmable logic devices.