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A practical primer for the student and practicing engineer already familiar with the basics of digital design, the reference develops a working grasp of the verilog hardware description language step-by-step using easy-to-understand examples. Starting with a simple but workable design sample, increasingly more complex fundamentals of the language are introduced until all major features of verilog are brought to light. Included in the coverage are state machines, modular design, FPGA-based memories, clock management, specialized I/O, and an introduction to techniques of simulation. The goal is to prepare the reader to design real-world FPGA solutions. All the sample code used in the book is available online. What Strunk and White did for the English language with "The Elements of Style," VERILOG BY EXAMPLE does for FPGA design.
Download Verilog by Example A Concise Introduction for FPGA Design Blaine Readler Books
"I've taken one semester of digital logic in college and have already used FPGAs to make projects, I wish I had this book when I first started the class. would have made verilog a lot easier to understand. even after the class this book has a lot of useful information and examples in it."
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Verilog by Example A Concise Introduction for FPGA Design Blaine Readler Books Reviews
- The review headline says it best -- the title accurately describes the book; it is a concise introduction to FPGA design.
The author touches on each of the topics in the table of contents just long enough to have you vaguely acquianted with them, and does not spend even another word more than is needed. This book has a tenth of the rigor of any textbook and the author assumes you understand the basics of circuits/electronics at a college freshman level.
Like I said, take the title of the book literally and you will be pleased. This book is short enough to read in one sitting, is not extremely mentally strenous and yet it gives you enough information to have a reasonably intelligent conversation with someone who programs FPGAs for a living.
Once you're done reading this book, you will want to go out and read a real 850-page textbook on FPGA design. - I'm not one who feels like a technical book has to be 500 pages to be of value. In fact the larger the book the more skeptical I am that it will do a good job of providing the information I'm looking for. I'm a software engineer who dabbled with Verilog/FPGA a decade ago, went on to other things, and is now returning to it and wanting a refresher. Back then I had to buy (and still own) large digital logic design textbooks to get the most basic practical information about designing for FPGA. This time around and by now I was hoping there would be some materials targeted towards people like me who just want the distilled fundamentals but a few grades above Verilog For Dummies. I found it in this book. A "concise introduction to Verilog by example" was music to my ears and in my opinion the book delivers just that. It's the straight dope without hand-holding with what I believe is a very good presentation. I think the text-diagram-example pacing is near perfect and I appreciate that the diagrams are also concise and meaningful unlike so many other mass media technical books where they are space filler. I also appreciate how the code examples directly reinforce the text and diagrams. In short, I think this is a well-crafted little book that was not more or less than what I was expecting and WELL worth the $20. It will have a permanent home on my shelf with my other favorite little books (the Effectives, the Makes, K&R C, Forrest Mims, etc).
- I've taken one semester of digital logic in college and have already used FPGAs to make projects, I wish I had this book when I first started the class. would have made verilog a lot easier to understand. even after the class this book has a lot of useful information and examples in it.
- Perfect for me. 6 years ago I had a deep understanding of Verilog. Recently I received a contract that involves writing significant Verilog code. Turns out all the verilog details had evaporated from my mind. 3 hours of reading this compact introduction was enough to refresh me. If you are a newbie looking to acquire a deep understanding of verilog, then I recommend the book by Thomas & Moorby.
- Great way to get started in Verilog. As a working engineer with some digital design background this book got me up and running in short order. Very well organized in introducing new concepts. Months later I still refer to it to debug code or utilize some new Verilog feature that I recall reading about. The examples also provide a nice variety of coding styles which helps immensely when viewing other engineers work.
The only addition I would like to see are a few summary pages of syntax and operator precedence for later reference. But, you can't beat it for actually writing useful code for the first time.
Regards,
Mike - Others have pretty well covered this book, but I appreciate it enough that I wanted to throw my 5 stars into the pot as well. Easy (and enjoyable) to read, and does an excellent job of getting you started on the basics without boring you to death with unnecessary details. He does assume you already have a Digital Electronics background, but most folks looking for this sort of book do. Think of this as "Verilog 101 for engineers."
- A concise starter. It only has a few examples but they are complicated enough to show the important concepts and simple enough to understand. Most importantly, they are well explained.
- I'm a student in Electrical Engineering. I bought this book in order to build a foundation on the knowledge of hardware description languages. Like any learning structure, it is important to start from the basics, go from step to step, solidifying the content, until you study more advanced literatures. The book is very good for a first contact! Well studied, it provides a great first step on the knowledge covered. Simple and didactic language, without irrelevancies that consume patience.
