"Fundamentals of Digital Logic with VHDL Design" teaches the basic design techniques for logic circuits. It emphasizes the synthesis of circuits and explains how circuits are implemented in real chips. Fundamental concepts are illustrated by using small examples, which are easy to understand. Then, a modular approach is used to show how larger circuits are designed. The book emphasizes CAD through the use of Altera's Quartus II CAD software, a state-of-the-art digital circuit design package. This software produces automatic mapping of designs written in VHDL into Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs).
Chapter 1: Design ConceptsChapter 2: Introduction to Logic
CircuitsChapter 3: Implementation TechnologyChapter 4: Optimized
Implementation of Logic FunctionsChapter 5: Number Representation and
Arithmetic CircuitsChapter 6: Combinational-Circuit Building BlocksChapter 7:
Flip-Flops, Registers, Counters, and a Simple ProcessorChapter 8: Synchronous
Sequential CircuitsChapter 9: Asynchronous Sequential CircuitsChapter 10:
Digital System DesignChapter 11: Testing of Logic CircuitsChapter 12:
Computer Aided Design ToolsAppendix A VHDL ReferenceAppendix B Tutorial 1 -
Using Quartus II CAD SoftwareAppendix C Tutorial 2 - Implementing Circuits in
Altera DevicesAppendix D Tutorial 3 - Physical Implementations in a
PLDAppendix E Commercial DevicesAnswers
Zvonko Vranesic (Toronto, Canada) Professor of Computer Engineering at Toronto University, Canada.
