Product Description

This newly revised book blends academic precision and practical experience in an authoritative introduction to basic principles of digital design and practical requirements in both board-level and VLSI systems. With over twenty years of experience in both industrial and university settings, the author covers the most widespread logic design practices while building a solid foundation of theoretical and engineering principles for students to use as they go forward in this fast moving field.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #200883 in Books
• Published on: 2002-03-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 946 pages

From the Back Cover

This newly revised book blends academic precision and practical experience in an authoritative introduction to basic principles of digital design and practical requirements in both board-level and VLSI systems. With over twenty years of experience in both industrial and university settings, the author covers the most widespread logic design practices, while building a solid foundation of theoretical and engineering principles for readers to use as they go forward in this fast moving field.

FEATURES/BENEFITS

• NEW—Early coverage of modern CMOS logic families—Includes low voltage and LVCMOS/LVTTL.
• NEW—Coverage of Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs) and Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs).
  • Provides the general background needed for associated CPLD- and FPGA-based lab courses.
• NEW—Earlier introduction of HDL-based digital design.
  • HDL concepts can be used throughout the course.
• NEW—HDL coverage and examples—Includes VHDL as well as ABEL.
  • VHDL is an industry-standard language that also provides a good foundation for Verilog if required.
• NEW—Programming examples written in C rather than Pascal.
• NEW—Faster progression through non-automated methods—Such as Karnaugh maps and state-machine synthesis.
  • While these are used to illustrate some basic concepts, more emphasis is given to the methods and tools that are actually used on the job.
• NEW—Description of automated methods including simulation and synthesis.
• NEW—More and larger design examples.
  • More opportunity to "learn by example."
• NEW—Drill problems and exercises.
• NEW—Includes CD-ROMS with the complete Xilinx Foundation 1.5 (Student Edition), including schematic entry, ABEL, VHDL, and Verilog compilers, simulator, and documentation.
  • Users with a PC can create and simulate designs using a high-quality set of commercial tools, and thereby learn the practical side of digital design first-hand.
  • Easy-to-follow, practical writing style and extensive use of illustrations.
  • High-quality, user-friendly color production.

Customer Reviews

Complete, funny and useful.
This is about the best book on Digital Design I've had in my hands. It was strongly recommended by our professor, and the whole class totally agreed after a few weeks.
It is complete since I had a class that was half a Digital Design course. I found every topics treated in a complete and detailed way.

It is useful, because in my opinion the included Xilinx Software alone worths the whole price. It is a powerful tool that lets you put in practice what you've learned from the book.

And it is as funny as a book on this subject can be ... one can learn it from the first pages. This helps taking the book in your hands even when studying is not exactly the funniest thing you could do.

The overall quality, hence, remains 5 stars from me even if ... printing errors have been sometime very annoying. I think the Updated Edition should be a good remedy to this drawback.

Awesome Book that improved invaluable
This books is was amazing useful when studying digital design. It makes great reading at both beginner and slightly advanced level and is very simple to read with both clear layout and design. I highly recommend it! Came with CD Software, but I didn't use it.
Still refer back to the book now!

Comprehensive book but very wordy.
Im an Electronics Engineering degree student here is what I have to say about the book:

This book is very comprehensive but I found it very diffcult to get through because of its wordy explenations.

The auther uses too many words instead of getting streight onto the point often making it diffult to understand the concepts.

be warned! One huge downside to the book is that it does not contain answers to any of the exercise questions, though it the book says the online supplimentary website contains some answers. There is not much point attempting any questions if you dont know the correct answers, is there?!

Another downside to the latest edition of the book is that it does NOT come with the software that it used to come with (I believe it was XILINX where one could practice VHDL) yet it is similiarly priced!! You are perheps better of with the older edition.

Overall, I find this book diffult to get through because of the verbose. Style of explenation often makes a simple thing seem diffcult.

However this book is comprehensive in its subject, and perheps more suitable for someone who is compatible with its style of explenation.