VHDL Comprehensive Course
Course objectives:
- Understanding advanced schematic designs and exploring the generated files.
- Understanding composite data types to represent information.
- Understanding concurrent and sequential looping structures to regulate information flow.
- Writing re-usable, parameterisable VHDL code by exploiting generics.
- Dealing practically with FPGA kit and practicing downloading procedures.
Course Outline
Day |
Item |
1 |
Xilinx basic skills |
2 |
Composite data types
and signal Attributes |
3 |
VHDL looping
techniques |
4 |
Managing Hierarchical
Designs |
5 |
System Design |
|
Case study |
Resources
Recommended Refrences
- Text Books: Circuit design with VHDL, by Volnei A. Pedroni
- Additional text book: VHDL:Programming by Example, by Douglas L. Perry,Fourth Edition
- Important Hardware resources: Spartan 3E Starter Board, by Digilant