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FPGA Prototyping by Verilog Examples: Xilinx Spartan-3 Version

ISBN: 978-0-470-18532-2

June 2008

528 pages

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Description

A HANDS-ON INTRODUCTION TO VERILOG SYNTHESIS AND FPGA PROTOTYPING

Hardware Descriptive Language (HDL) and Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) devices

allow designers to quickly develop and simulate a sophisticated digital circuit, realize it on a prototyping device, and verify the operation of its physical implementation. As these technologies have matured and become mainstream practice, it is now possible to use a PC and an inexpensive FPGA prototyping board to construct a complex digital system.

This book utilizes a "learn by doing" approach to introduce the concepts and techniques of Verilog and FPGA to designers through a series of hands-on experiments. FPGA Prototyping by Verilog Examples provides:

  • A collection of clear, easy-to-follow templates for quick code development
  • A large number of practical examples to illustrate and reinforce the concepts

and design techniques

  • Realistic projects that can be implemented and tested on a Xilinx prototyping board
  • A thorough exploration of the Xilinx PicoBlaze soft-core microcontroller

Although the book is an introductory text, the examples are developed in a rigorous manner and the derivations follow strict design guidelines and coding practices used for large, complex systems. It lays a solid foundation for students and new engineers and prepares them for future development tasks. FPGA Prototyping by Verilog Examples is an indispensable companion text for digital design courses and also serves as a valuable self-teaching guide for practicing engineers who wish to learn more about this emerging area of interest.

About the Author

PONG P. CHU, PHD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cleveland State University in Ohio. He has taught undergraduate- and graduate-level digital systems and computer architecture courses for more than a decade and has received instructional grants from the National Science Foundation and Cleveland State University.

Features
This book is different from existing digital design or HDL books. It is unique in several respects:
  • It uses a learning-by-doing approach to introduce the concepts and techniques for HDL, synthesis, and FPGA
  • It provides a collection of clelar, easy-to-folloow templates for quick code development
  • It contains a large number of practical examples to illustrate and reinforce the design concepts and techniques. All examples can be implemented and tested on a prototyping board.
  • The codes provided follow strict design guidelines and prepare the reader for developing large, complex systems in the future.
  • Most codes were written in a device-independent and software-neutral fashion and are not tied to a particular device or synthesis software package
  • The book contains four chapters for the Xilinx PicoBlaze soft-core microcontroller
  • The book covers the design of all I/O modules of the Digilent Basys prototyping board and has prepared constraint files, project files, and configuration files. When used with this board, the book and board combo becomes a self-contained "turn-key" solution for introductory and advanced digital design experiments and projects.