FSM-based Digital Design using Verilog HDL (PDF)

As digital circuit elements decrease in physical size, resulting in
increasingly complex systems, a basic logic model that can be used
in the control and design of a range of semiconductor devices is
vital. Finite State Machines (FSM) have numerous advantages; they
can be applied to many areas (including motor control, and signal
and serial data identification to name a few) and they use less
logic than their alternatives, leading to the development of faster
digital hardware systems.

This clear and logical book presents a range of novel techniques
for the rapid and reliable design of digital systems using FSMs,
detailing exactly how and where they can be implemented.
With a practical approach, it covers synchronous and asynchronous
FSMs in the design of both simple and complex systems, and
Petri-Net design techniques for sequential/parallel control
systems. Chapters on Hardware Description Language cover the
widely-used and powerful Verilog HDL in sufficient detail to
facilitate the description and verification of FSMs, and FSM based
systems, at both the gate and behavioural levels.

Throughout, the text incorporates many real-world examples that
demonstrate designs such as data acquisition, a memory tester, and
passive serial data monitoring and detection, among others. A
useful accompanying CD offers working Verilog software tools for
the capture and simulation of design solutions.

With a linear programmed learning format, this book works as a
concise guide for the practising digital designer. This book will
also be of importance to senior students and postgraduates of
electronic engineering, who require design skills for the embedded
systems market.