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Text Structured Logic Design VHDL Armstrong Gray
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DATE: june 1995
TITLE: Text on Structured Logic Design Using VHDL by Armstrong and Gray
Text on Structured Logic Design Using VHDL by Armstrong and Gray
(Contributed by Jim Armstrong of Virginia Tech)
"Structured Logic Design With VHDL" (ISBN 0-13-885206-1)
by J. R. Armstrong and F. G. Gray is intended
to teach digital design at a high level of
abstraction. There are two main steps in this process: (1) development of a
hardware description language model and (2) transformation of the model
into a logic circuit that can be fabricated. In teaching the first step, we
use VHDL, the VHSIC Hardware Description Language. VHDL, whose development
began in 1983 under DOD sponsorship, was further developed by the IEEE and
released as IEEE Standard 1076 in 1987. Since that time, VHDL has evolved
into the de facto industry standard for hardware description languages. In
the opinion of the authors, it has the most comprehensive set of modeling
constructs available in any hardware description language. For these
reasons, VHDL was chosen as the base language for this book. The second step
of the high level design process involves synthesis. In this book, synthesis
is viewed as a multistep process, beginning with an English description
which is transformed first into VHDL and then from VHDL into a circuit
schematic. Wherever synthesis is discussed, emphasis is placed on
understanding the relationship between VHDL language constructs and the
implied logic circuit.
This book is written for three main educational purposes: (1) for a second
course in logic design for undergraduate students in Electrical Engineering,
Computer Engineering, and Computer Science; (2) for a graduate course
dealing with hardware description languages and other design aids; and (3)
for practicing engineers who wish to learn about design with hardware
description languages. Thus the assumed background for the book is (1) a
basic course in computer organization and logic design and (2) some
knowledge of high level languages, such as C or PASCAL.
For additional information, contact:
Prof. Jim Armstrong
Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering
Virginia Tech/Blacksburg, VA 24061-0111
Tel: 703-231-4723
Fax: 703-231-3362
E-mail: jra@vt.edu
To order, contact:
Prentice Hall
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
TEL: (800)-223-1360
dbouldin@utk.edu