Digital Systems Design Using VHDL, International Edition

1. REVIEW OF LOGIC DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS.Combinational Logic. Boolean Algebra and Algebraic Simplification. Karnaugh Maps. Designing with NAND and NOR Gates. Hazards in Combinational Circuits. Flip-Flops and Latches. Mealy Sequential Circuit Design. Design of a Moore Sequential Circuit. Equivalent States and Reduction of State Tables. Sequential Circuit Timing / Tristate Logic and Busses.2. INTRODUCTION TO VHDL.Computer-Aided Design. Hardware Description Languages. VHDL Description of Combinational Circuits. VHDL Modules. Sequential Statements and VHDL Processes. Modeling Flip-Flops Using VHDL Processes. Processes Using Wait Statements. Two Types of VHDL Delays: Transport and Inertial Delays. Compilation, Simulation, and Synthesis of VHDL Code. VHDL Data Types and Operators. Simple Synthesis Examples. VHDL Models for Multiplexers. VHDL Libraries. Modeling Registers and Counters Using VHDL Processes. Behavioral and Structural VHDL. Variables, Signals, and Constants. Arrays. Loops in VHDL. Assert and Report Statements.3. INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DEVICES.Brief Overview of Programmable Logic Devices. Simple Programmable Logic Devices (SPLDs). Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs). Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs).4. DESIGN EXAMPLES.BCD to 7-Segment Display Decoder. A BCD Adder. 32-Bit Adders. Traffic Light Controller. State Graphs for Control Circuits. Scoreboard and Controller. Synchronization and Debouncing. A Shift-and-Add Multiplier. Array Multiplier. A Signed Integer/Fraction Multiplier. Keypad Scanner. Binary Dividers.5. SM CHARTS AND MICROPROGRAMMING.State Machine Charts. Derivation of SM Charts. Realization of SM Charts. Implementation of the Dice Game. Microprogramming. Linked State Machines.6. DESIGNING WITH FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS.Implementing Functions in FPGAs. Implementing Functions Using Shannon s Decomposition. Carry Chains in FPGAs. Cascade Chains in FPGAs. Examples of Logic Blocks in Commercial FPGAs. Dedicated Memory in

Charles Roth is Professor Emeritus in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught Digital Design for more than four decades. In addition to this successful book, Dr. Roth has co-authored DIGITAL SYSTEMS DESIGN USING VHDL and DIGITAL SYSTEMS DESIGN USING VERILOG. Lizy John is the B. N. Gafford Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. John has been teaching and conducting research in computer architecture and digital systems design for almost two decades. She has coauthored DIGITAL SYSTEMS DESIGN USING VHDL and DIGITAL SYSTEMS DESIGN USING VERILOG and has edited several successful books on computer performance evaluation and workload characterization. She is an IEEE Fellow.