Many schools offer courses that cover HDL based hardware design.  Many of 
these courses make the material, including the labs, public.  Off the top 
of my head, check MIT open courseware.


---Matthew Hicks


> Hi,
> i have been reading the VHDL language over the last week and now i
> want to put what i have learned so far into practice but don't know
> really from where to start. As such, i am just wondering if there is
> any lab book or a web based tutorials that help  a newbie like me to
> gradually  get a grip on vhdl design techniques on FPGA. I am  seeking
> any series of recommended labs to proceed through (one after one)
> Many thanks
>

DGerimi@googlemail.com wrote:
> Hi,
> i have been reading the VHDL language over the last week and now i
> want to put what i have learned so far into practice but don't know
> really from where to start. As such, i am just wondering if there is
> any lab book or a web based tutorials that help  a newbie like me to
> gradually  get a grip on vhdl design techniques on FPGA. I am  seeking
> any series of recommended labs to proceed through (one after one)
> 
> Many thanks
> 

I would suggest downloading the modelsim xilinx starter edition (XSE) 
from the xilinx website. Then you can try things and simulate them and 
see the result. You could also download the xilinx webpack tools so you 
can synthesize your designs to see how big/fast they are. I think there 
are tutorials/examples that come with webpack but I could be wrong.

Hi,
i have been reading the VHDL language over the last week and now i
want to put what i have learned so far into practice but don't know
really from where to start. As such, i am just wondering if there is
any lab book or a web based tutorials that help  a newbie like me to
gradually  get a grip on vhdl design techniques on FPGA. I am  seeking
any series of recommended labs to proceed through (one after one)

Many thanks