Digital Logic and State Machine Design (Series in Electrical Engineering)

By David J. Comer

Book Overview

From one of the best-known and successful authors in the field comes this new edition of Digital Logic and State Machine Design. The text is concise and practical, and covers the important area of digital system design specifically for undergraduates. Comer's primary goal is to illustrate that sequential circuits can be designed using state machine techniques. These methods apply to sequential circuit design as efficiently as Boolean algebra and Karnaugh mapping methods apply to combinatorial design. After presenting the techniques, Comer proceeds directly into designing digital systems. This task consists of producing the schematic or block diagram of the system based on nothing more than a given set of specifications. The design serves as the basis for the construction of the actual hardware system. In the new Third Edition, Comer introduces state machines earlier than in previous editions, and adds entire chapters on programmable logic devices and computer organization.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030637317
• ISBN13: 9780030637315
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Greet book, but with the 50's style

Comer did a great job with this book. It takes you from the basic concpets to challenging state machine disgns. The only problem with this book, you get board after two pages. 1)It is white papers with balck ink only. 2)The author tries to make the book as compact as possible, so he left behind many digrams in state machine sections that I think they are importent in order to understand the examples and he was satisfied by explaning the problems in words only. If you are a patient guy like me (sometimes you need to read the explanition and examples several times), you gonna need no other books. The "references and suggested reading" in the end of each chapter is so helpful, and I like the way he list it behind each chapter so you know what the focus is for these books without bothering to check them out yourself.Hopfully, there is gonna be a fourth edition, with more colors and more digrams. Maybe some troubleshoting technicques too.I would give this book 4.5 but since there are no .5, I am gonna say 4!

Good book of digital design fundamentals!

Of all the digital logic and state machine design books in the world market(a lot!) this in my opinion is one of the best to start with.Comer offers you a comprehensive view of basics and a detailed approach to state machine design with completely developed exercises and projects.Very good survey too of numerical systems used in computers.And the author has a very fresh approach which enlivens the subject.A classic!