Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design [With CDROM]

by Stephen D. Brown, Zvonko G. Vranesic

Fundamentals of Digital Logic With Verilog Design teaches the basic design techniques for logic circuits. It emphasizes the synthesis of circuits and explains how circuits are implemented in real chips. Fundamental concepts are illustrated by using small examples.

Use of CAD software is well integrated into the book. A CD-ROM that contains Altera's Quartus CAD software comes free with every copy of the text. The CAD software provides automatic mapping of a design written in Verilog into Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs). Students will be able to try, firsthand, the book's Verilog examples (over 140) and homework problems.

Engineers use Quartus CAD for designing, simulating, testing and implementing logic circuits. The version included with this text supports all major features of the commercial product and comes with a compiler for the IEEE standard Verilog language. Students will be able to:

enter a design into the CAD system

compile the design into a selected device

simulate the functionality and timing of the resulting circuit

implement the designs in actual devices (using the school's laboratory facilities)

Verilog is a complex language, so it is introduced gradually in the book. Each Verilog feature is presented as it becomes pertinent for the circuits being discussed. To teach the student to use the Quartus CAD, the book includes three tutorials.

Genres: Electrical Engineering, Textbooks, Engineering

935 pages, Paperback

First published September 28, 2002

About the author

Stephen Brown received the Ph.D and M.A.Sc degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto, and his B.A.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick. He joined the University of Toronto faculty in 1992, where he now holds the rank of Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. He also holds the position of Architect at the Altera Toronto Technology Center, a world-leading research and development site for CAD software and FPGA architectures, where he is involved in research activities and is the Director of the Altera University Program.

His research interests include field-programmable VLSI technology, CAD algorithms, and computer architecture. He won the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Councils 1992 Doctoral Prize for the best Ph.D. thesis in Canada.

He has won multiple awards for excellence in teaching electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science courses. He is a coauthor of more than 60 scientific research papers and three textbooks: Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design , Fundamentals of Digital Logic with VHDL Design , and Field-Programmable Gate Arrays .

Reviews

[Angelina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great book! I failed this course!
Dropping out of engineering now :)
:)

[Kaiky C · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mostly a good book but it really annoyed me that the texts and images are out of order; he frequently references things that only show up like two pages forwards and it makes the reading experience awful
fuck this book

[Anam Shafiq · Rating 4 out of 5]

An amazing book on the field of Digital Logic. My first insight to the Digital World.An easy & interesting book,which makes the readers interested in this subject.

[Barry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brown and Vranesic provide a good introduction to digital logic and Verilog - however, the lack of worked examples and detailed solutions at times make this textbook difficult to study from.