Informal, easy-to-understand style–offering greater accessibility to a wider audience of readers
Helps students who are just beginning in the field
Makes it easier for students to leverage beginner knowledge in more complex projects
Solid foundation of knowledge– clearly and thoroughly presents all the vital principles students need to master, and offers a clear pathway from basic FPGAs to modern digital systems and practices
Makes it easier for students to understand today’s complex systems and techniques
Step-by-step coverage of HDLs–starting with Altera’s AHDL, a powerful introductory-level language that is ideal for beginners; and then introducing today’s industry standard, VHDL
Gives students an easier way to start out with HDLs
Guides students gently towards effective usage of today’s widely-used HDL standard
More systems examples–utilizing the fundamental building blocks of digital systems
Helps students understand how the elements of today’s digital systems fit together \
Extensive pedagogical features–including chapter outlines, lists of objectives, end-of-chapter summaries, lists of important new terms, problems, and answers to review questions from each section
Promotes student learning through proven instructional and review techniques
New to This Edition
Explains digital principles over the evolution of the telecommunications systems, from telegraphs and telephones through advanced digital cell phones
Offers students a clear vision for understanding the key concepts and terminology of modern digital systems
Shows the principles of modern electronics in action
Offers greater emphasis on the use of megafunctions as the fundamental building blocks for new digital systems
Prepares students for modern techniques that will increasingly dominate the field
Helps students understand why megafunctions are often preferable to traditional strategies involving the “ganging” or “cascading” of smaller modules
Includes a full system project–showing all the steps of project management through the example of building a microwave oven controller from start to finish; demonstrating the need for several levels of hierarchy; and illuminating strategic decisions that must be made throughout a project
Prepares students to understand systems — one of the most crucial areas of expertise today’s employers are demanding
Teaches system project management through a familiar, comfortable example
Includes extensive revisions to coverage of memory systems–presenting today’s advanced memory technologies as easier-to-understand generic models; introducing tri-state output enables and write enables; NAND/NOR flash; and new magnetoresistive technologies
Prepares students to work with the latest memory technologies
Includes coverage of more powerful FPGAs–including those used in today’s most popular development boards
Shows students how to work with today’s most popular FPGAs, not just simpler devices
Includes expanded coverage of analog interfacing–including pipelined ADC and diverse systems applications
Helps students understand the full range of devices available for analog interfacing and how these devices can be applied
Contains even more worked examples and figures–in every chapter
Helps students learn concepts and techniques through hands-on practice
Table of Contents
1. Introductory Concepts
2. Number Systems and Codes
3. Describing Logic Circuits
4. Combinational Logic Circuits
5. Flip-flops and Related Devices
6. Digital Arithmetic Operations and Circuits
7. Counters and Registers
8. ntegrated-Circuit Logic Families
9. MSI Logic Circuits
10. Digital System Projects Using HDL
11. Interfacing with the Analog World
12. Memory Devices
13. Programmable Logic Device Architectures