VHDL Coding Styles and Methodologies

By Ben Cohen and Ben Cohen

Book Overview

VHDL Coding Styles and Methodologies was originally written as a teaching tool for a VHDL training course. The author began writing the book because he could not find a practical and easy to read book that gave in depth coverage of both, the language and coding methodologies. This book is intended for: 1. College students. It is organized in 13 chapters, each covering a separate aspect of the language, with complete examples. All VHDL code described in the book is on a companion 3.5" PC disk. Students can compile and simulate the examples to get a greater understanding of the language. Each chapter includes a series of exercises to reinforce the concepts. 2. Engineers. It is written by an aerospace engineer who has 26 years of hardware, software, computer architecture and simulation experience. It covers practical applications ofVHDL with coding styles and methodologies that represent what is current in the industry. VHDL synthesizable constructs are identified. Guidelines for testbench designs are provided. Also included is a project for the design of a synthesizable Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART), and a testbench to verify proper operation of the UART in a realistic environment, with CPU interfaces and transmission line jitter. An introduction to VHDL Initiative Toward ASIC Libraries (VITAL) is also provided. The book emphasizes VHDL 1987 standard but provides guidelines for features implemented in VHDL 1993.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461359783
• ISBN13: 9781461359784
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

No other book needed

This is the best of 4 books I purchased on the subject of VHDL, by a factor of 10. The price took me by surprise but it was readily available through the third party link. Buy this one and you won't need any of the others. If I would have purchased this one a year ago it would have saved me much grief.

A good reference book you will consult again and again

This is a very good reference book for checking coding styles and syntax for VHDL. There are several books that teach the basics of how to write VHDL code, but this book shows you best practices for doing a good design in your projects. This book is a must have for anyone who wants to become a proficient VHDL designer who can produce quality designs.

What a book!

This book has just become my number one book to recommend to the students of the VHDL classes that I teach. It is very well written and the book is loaded with VHDL examples demonstrating the various constructs, statements and issues. In example 5.5.1.2, the author does the best job I have ever seen of explaining the difficult subject of "Projected Output". The subjects are frequently associated to the specifications found in the Language Reference Manual. When there is a linking issue between two or more design elements, the linking is clearly demonstrated with examples. The only negative is that the author spends far too much time and book space describing ways to "Enhance Readibility" or documenting your design--which is always a personal preference. But still, a five star book.

Excelent Book

An indispensable book. He gets your mind thinking in VHDL coding. Not only in what you write, but how you write it for structure, consistancy and readability. Full of coding examples and test benches for almost every aspect of VHDL including the source code on CD. Ben's ideas for coding styles really gives a consistant look to all my code. Coding he gets into the nuts and bolts of VHDL. Types, arrays, functions, aggregates, cases, generics, packages, concurrent, sequential, parameters formal and actual ..., the rationals explain why and examples examples examples. This book sits with me at all times.

Best practical book I have read yet.

This is an excellent book for the practicing engineer who wants a real world example. The book has many examples of code which will compile and work. In addition it has recommendations on best practices ( 2 thumbs up) and worst practices (2 thumbs down) with a rational for why you would want to follow the recommended practice. It also makes clear distinction between sythesizable code, and behavioral code. Compared with the other books which are heavy on the language semantics (and examples that won't compile) this is a much more usable book. The hardware desiner will find this to be the best book they have.