- Hardcover: 432 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (3 Sep 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0136507638
- ISBN-13: 978-0136507635
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 18.3 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,361,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Intended for both hardware and sofware designers interested in learning VHDL.
HDL (Hardware Description Languages) expertise is a critical, distinguishing skill that is essential to a successful career as an electronics designer. With the booming communications and internet market demanding better hardware, the need for sophisticated electronics designers has never been greater. This book will provide a practical HDL tutorial that goes beyond the many reference and syntax manuals that exist to demonstrate “how to” techniques.
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Get started with VHDL—the easy way!
Intended for both new and more experienced VHDL users, VHDL Made Easy presents the concepts of VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) for synthesis and simulation in an easy-to-understand way, using examples, tutorials, and detailed descriptions of important VHDL language features. Synthesis coding conventions are covered in detail, as are techniques for test bench development. A comprehensive VHDL keyword reference is also included.
The book includes descriptions of important VHDL standards, including IEEE standards 1076-1993, 1164, 1076.3, and 1076.4 (VITAL).
The CD-ROM included with the book contains a Microsoft® Windows-compatible VHDL simulator, as well as demonstration versions of a number of other VHDL-related commercial software products and sample VHDL code and projects. The CD-ROM runs on Windows 3.1, Windows® 95, and Windows NT™.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
If you have no idea about VHDL then this book will take you up to a starting point. If you have had some contact with VHDL, such as doing a free on-line tutorial, you will be very disappointed. The book contains hardly any practical advice for the novice in terms of how to structure particular tasks. It merely tells you what standard constructs exist rather than how you can solve particular problems.
The CDROM is designed for Win 3.1, Win95 and Win NT. I tried it on Win98SE and the simulator just locked up on the examples. Maybe it is my machine setup, but there is no way to debug it.
Overall disappointing.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
VHDL incompletely
20 Dec 1999
Format:Hardcover
If you are a manager looking to learn about what VHDL is used for, perhaps this book would help. If you really need to learn VHDL, this book is a let down. The code samples use constructs that are never explained, key topics for real chip design are never discussed, if you will be trying to do something that is not identical to the examples you'll need another book to understand them (A Guide to VHDL Syntax - Bhaskar, at least) If you do buy this book, treat it well, you'll want to try to return it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
a good start for vhdl
10 May 1999
Format:Hardcover
Sometimes a mix-up between VHDL87 and VHDL93, very hard to figure out for a newcomer. The topics are good explained but on some examples one have to look up things explained later (a little bit confusing). Nevertheless, a very good emphasis on what is synthesizeable and what is not. The including CD isn't worth buying the book (just Accolade's demo version and some examples). I would recommend this book for beginners and for those who want to target real hardware with VHDL.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Good introduction to VHDL, but light on the details
14 Mar 2001
Format:Hardcover
This book is a fine introduction to VHDL, well written in the early chapters. Unlike most VHDL books it covers the language from a higher level, including fundamental concepts like test benches that seem to be buried or lost in other books on the subject. It could use a lot more detail, though, and the later chapters seem rushed, and also dated in some areas (VHDL 87 vs. 93 in particular). And as others have mentioned the examples seem inadequate. If you buy this book, you might also want to get something with more detailed examples to go with it.
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