The Verilog Pli Handbook: A User's Guide and Comprehensive Reference on the Verilog Programming Language Interface

By Stuart Sutherland and Stuart Sutherland

Book Overview

The Verilog Programming Language Interface, commonly called the Verilog PU, is one of the more powerful features of Verilog. The PU provides a means for both hardware designers and software engineers to interface their own programs to commercial Verilog simulators. Through this interface, a Verilog simulator can be customized to perform virtually any engineering task desired. Just a few of the common uses of the PU include interfacing Veri log simulations to C language models, adding custom graphical tools to a simulator, reading and writing proprietary file formats from within a simulation, performing test coverage analysis during simulation, and so forth. The applications possible with the Verilog PLI are endless.

Intended audience: this book is written for digital design engineers with a background in the Verilog Hardware Description Language and a fundamental knowledge of the C programming language. It is expected that thereader:

Has a basic knowledge of hardware engineering, specifically digital design of ASIC and FPGA technologies.
Is familiar with the Verilog Hardware Description Language (HDL), and can write models of hardware circuits in Verilog, can write simulation test fixtures in Verilog, and can run at least one Verilog logic simulator.
Knows basic C-language programming, including the use of functions, pointers, structures and file I/O. Explanations of the concepts and terminology of digital

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461372798
• ISBN13: 9781461372790
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 785 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Was the best reference I could find for PLI

I needed to write some test benches and JTAG drivers for a reconfigurable product. At the time I had little experience with Verilog/RTL I elected to write it in PLI. I could NOT have completed this task without this reference. I searched for the most complete book and found this to be just that. The most complete reference.

great book & great service

The book is brand new and is wrapped very carefully. Thanks to the sender for such good care. it was shipped on time.

The right tool for the job.

This book is a must have, if you are writing PLI applications for any Verilog simulator. If you don't need to do that, then, well the book isn't for you. If you do, the price is very cheap, considering the time savings you will realize.

Clear explanations with good examples.

Very good coverage of a difficult topic. Well written and easy to understand. A must if you are doing PLI work!

Excellent descriptions and examples of Verilog PLI

This book brings clarity to the Verilog Programming Language Interface. The descriptions and examples shed new light on aspects of the PLI that had previously been murky. Stuart Sutherland has produced the definitive guide to all versions of the PLI. I highly recommend this book to all Verilog users who want to learn the PLI. The first time you use an example from the book, you will save hours compared to flipping through the IEEE manual.