Name: Digital Systems Design Using Verilog (Activate Learning with these NEW titles from Engineering!)
Author: Charles Roth
ISBN: 1285051076

Digital Systems Design Using Verilog (Activate Learning with these NEW titles from Engineering!)

Charles Roth ● 2015

Master the process of designing and testing new hardware configurations with DIGITAL SYSTEMS DESIGN USING VERILOG. This practical book integrates coverage of logic design principles, Verilog as a hardware design language, and FPGA implementation. The authors present Verilog constructs side-by-side with hardware, encouraging you to think in terms of desired hardware while writing synthesizable Verilog. Following a review of the basic concepts of logic design, the authors introduce the basics of Verilog using simple combinational circuit examples, followed by models for simple sequential circuits. Subsequent chapters ask you to tackle more and more complex designs.

Why Read This Book

You will learn to think in hardware while writing synthesizable Verilog, taking designs from Boolean equations to tested FPGA implementations; the book emphasizes side-by-side comparisons of hardware concepts and Verilog constructs so you can immediately see how code maps to real circuitry. If you want a practical, lab-friendly path from basic logic design through progressively more complex Verilog projects and FPGA implementation, this book shows the process end-to-end.

Who Will Benefit

Undergraduate students, early-career hardware engineers, and hobbyist FPGA developers who want a practical, hands-on guide to writing synthesizable Verilog and mapping designs to FPGA boards.

Level: Intermediate — Prerequisites: Basic digital logic and Boolean algebra (gates, truth tables, combinational/sequential basics); familiarity with basic programming concepts helps but is not required.

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Key Takeaways

Write synthesizable Verilog for combinational and sequential circuits and understand how constructs map to hardware
Design and implement finite-state machines and datapath+control architectures in Verilog
Create testbenches and use simulation to verify functional correctness before synthesis
Synthesize designs and target them to FPGAs (practices for constraint files, I/O, and basic timing checks)
Scale designs from simple modules to larger systems using hierarchical design and parameterized modules

Topics Covered

1. Introduction to Digital Systems and Design Flow
2. Review of Boolean Algebra, Gates, and Combinational Logic
3. Verilog Basics: Modules, Operators, and Data Types
4. Modeling Combinational Circuits in Verilog
5. Sequential Logic and Flip-Flops: Verilog Modeling
6. Finite-State Machines and Control Design
7. Datapaths, Registers, and Arithmetic Units
8. Testbenches, Simulation, and Debugging Techniques
9. Synthesis Guidelines and Writing Synthesizable Verilog
10. FPGA Implementation: Constraints, I/O, and Tool Flow (Xilinx/Altera)
11. Memory, Timing, and Optimization Techniques
12. Larger System Design, Integration, and Project Examples

Languages, Platforms & Tools

VerilogSystemVerilog (introductory constructs and testbench features)VHDL (comparative discussion)General FPGA families (Xilinx, Intel/Altera)Xilinx Spartan/Artix/Series (ISE/Vivado-era devices)Intel/Altera Cyclone/Arria seriesXilinx ISE / Vivado (toolflow concepts)Intel/Altera QuartusModelSim / QuestaSim (simulation)FPGA evaluation boards (vendor demo boards)

How It Compares

Similar to Samir Palnitkar’s Verilog HDL for learning language fundamentals, but Roth places more emphasis on side-by-side hardware interpretation and stepwise FPGA implementation; compared with Harris & Harris's Digital Design and Computer Architecture, this book is more focused on Verilog-to-FPGA practice rather than processor architecture.