VHDL Books

 
Volnei A. Pedroni, Circuit Design with VHDL, the  MIT Press, August 2004,  ISBN-10:  0-262-16224-5; 408 pages, $42.00
 

This textbook teaches VHDL using system examples combined with programmable logic and supported by laboratory exercises. While other textbooks concentrate only on language features, Circuit Design with VHDL offers a fully integrated presentation of VHDL and design concepts by including a large number of complete design examples, illustrative circuit diagrams, a review of fundamental design concepts, fully explained solutions, and simulation results. The text presents the information concisely yet completely, discussing in detail all indispensable features of the VHDL synthesis. The book is organized in a clear progression, with the first part covering the circuit level, treating foundations of VHDL and fundamental coding, and the second part covering the system level (units that might be located in a library for code sharing, reuse, and partitioning), expanding upon the earlier chapters to discuss system coding.
 

Digital Systems Design With Vhdl and Synthesis : An Integrated Approach  by K. C. Chang
(May 1999)  IEEE Computer Society; ISBN: 0769500234 ;  516 pages,   $55.00

Presents an integrated approach to digital design principles, processes, and implementations to help the reader design much more complex systems within a shorter design cycle. This is accomplished by introducing digital design concepts, VHDL coding,  VHDL simulation, synthesis commands, and strategies together.

          The author focuses on the ultimate product of the design cycle: the implementation of a digital design. VHDL coding, synthesis  methodologies and verification techniques are presented as tools to support the final design implementation. Readers will  understand how to apply and adapt techniques for VHDL coding, verification, and synthesis to various situations.

           FEATURES: -- VHDL code explained line by line to capture the logic behind the design concepts. -- VHDL is verified using  VHDL test benches and simulation tools. -- Simulation waveforms are shown and explained to verify design correctness. --   VHDL code is synthesized and commands and strategies are discussed. -- Synthesized schematics and results are analyzed for   area and timing. -- Variations on the design techniques and common mistakes are addressed. -- Demonstrated standard cell,  gate array, and FPGA three design processes. -- Each with a complete design case study. -- Test bench, post-layout verification, and test vector generation processes.

Vhdl by Douglas L. Perry

 
This is the third edition of the best-selling VHDL reference in the world. VHDL is the IEEE standard hardware description  language, used by electronics designers to model and simulate complex digital circuits. Where previous editions have focused on  the language itself, this book adds material on applications.

Clear, step-by-step guide to designing integrated circuits using VHDL. Written by a practitioner for practitioners, this comprehensive resource features a top-down approach that is easy to understand. It takes the reader from the basics to complex modeling techniques, with real-world examples, sample designs, and extensive graphics clearly illustrating each step of   the process. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

 Whether you're a VHDL veteran or just getting acquainted with the language, this sourcebook will have you writing and verifying  concise, efficient VHDL descriptions of hardware designs in surprisingly little time. And a detailed example walks you through a  small CPU design from the VHDL capture to VITAL simulation, honing your knowledge in preparation for your own high-level  design flow.

Digital Design and Modeling with VHDL and Synthesis, by K.C. Chang,
 (December 1996) ISBN 0-8186-7716-3, IEEE Compuer Society Press, 345 pages, $55.00

Covers all the VHDL constructs and features, including VHDL design techniques and considerations. Chang provides numerous examples of real, complete, working code for practical applications with simulation waveforms and synthesized schematics directly from VHDL tools. The book combines VHDL and synthesis in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step sequence. This approach addresses common mistakes and hard-to-understand concepts. Digital Design and Modeling with VHDL and Synthesis introduces VHDL with closely related practical design examples, simulation waveforms, and schematics so students and practitioners will better understand their correspondence and relationship. This book is the result of K.C. Chang's extensive experience in both design and teaching. Many of the techniques and considerations, illustrated throughout the book, are examples of real designs.

Vhdl for Programmable Logic, by Kevin Skahill, Jay Legenhausen (Contributor), Ron Wade, Corey Wilner, bl Wilson

          (May 1996)  Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201895730, 593 pages, $80.00
 

           This book provides a focused, hands-on introduction to using VHDL and programmable logic to solve design problems.   Whether you are a student looking for a dynamic, real-world introduction to an industry standard HDL, or a professional  engineer, VHDL for Programmable Logic will be an indispensable resource.
 

The Designers Guide to VHDL, P. Ashenden

(December 1995)   ISBN 1-55860-270-4, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 500 pages, $56

This book is aimed at engineers engaged in modelling and simulation at all levels of computer system and digital design. The book initially focusses on developing reader proficiency with VHDL as a tool, and then builds a modelling methodology based on successful software engineering techniques.
Examples of each concept and language construct are given as they are introduced. The chapters are accompanied by exercises and the book includes several case studies of varying levels of complexity and abstraction. The book also contains information on IEEE Std 1164, VITAL modeling, and a complete syntax reference for VHDL'93.
 

A Guide to VHDL Syntax, J. Bhasker

ISBN 0-13-324351-6, Prentice Hall, 268 pages, $45.00

Purely a guide to VHDL'93 syntax with each major language construct described in a separate section. The book is intended to be a more readable and more efficiently organised definition of the language syntax than the Language Reference Manual (LRM). To this aim, the book uses "flow diagrams" to break down each construct into basic language elements and show all the alternative forms of each construct. Plenty of coding examples are given for each construct, with full cross-referencing between examples.