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Old 12-07-2004, 05:37 PM
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Default Verilog Book Recommendation

I want to learn Verilog for small FPGA degigns. I don't have a background
in VHDL but I am an experienced designer. For simple designs, I have used
the schematic capture method.

What do you guys recommend?


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Old 12-07-2004, 06:03 PM
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Al Clark wrote:
> I want to learn Verilog for small FPGA degigns. I don't have a

background
> in VHDL but I am an experienced designer. For simple designs, I have

used
> the schematic capture method.
>
> What do you guys recommend?


I recommend Verilog HDL by Samir Palnitkar. It is the best Verilog book
for a beginner (people who never been exposed to HDLs but familiar with
logic design). The author explains exactly what's going on in each line
of the code. Other authors usually just give you a bunch of examples
without explanation. The book helped me to complete my projects with
great success.
For more explanation please see my review at amazon.com.

Hendra

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Old 12-07-2004, 06:04 PM
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Al Clark wrote:
> I want to learn Verilog for small FPGA degigns. I don't have a

background
> in VHDL but I am an experienced designer. For simple designs, I have

used
> the schematic capture method.
>
> What do you guys recommend?


I recommend Verilog HDL by Samir Palnitkar. It is the best Verilog book
for a beginner (people who never been exposed to HDLs but familiar with
logic design). The author explains exactly what's going on in each line
of the code. Other authors usually just give you a bunch of examples
without explanation. The book helped me to complete my projects with
great success.
For more explanation please see my review at amazon.com.

Hendra

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Old 12-07-2004, 06:55 PM
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Default Re: Verilog Book Recommendation

Al,
Also note that Verilog /= VHDL

If you are interested in VHDL, I like:
A VHDL Primer by J Bhasker.

Cheers,
Jim
> I want to learn Verilog for small FPGA degigns. I don't have a background
> in VHDL but I am an experienced designer. For simple designs, I have used
> the schematic capture method.
>
> What do you guys recommend?
>
>



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Old 12-07-2004, 07:07 PM
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Default Re: Verilog Book Recommendation

Jim Lewis <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> Al,
> Also note that Verilog /= VHDL
>
> If you are interested in VHDL, I like:
> A VHDL Primer by J Bhasker.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim


Thanks Jim,

I know that Verilog is not VHDL. I was just trying to point out that I
don't have that background either.

I am using Verilog because a portion of my project was already written in
Verilog by someone else.

Al


>> I want to learn Verilog for small FPGA degigns. I don't have a
>> background in VHDL but I am an experienced designer. For simple
>> designs, I have used the schematic capture method.
>>
>> What do you guys recommend?
>>
>>

>
>




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Old 12-07-2004, 07:41 PM
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Default Re: Verilog Book Recommendation

Al Clark wrote:
>
> Jim Lewis <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
> > Al,
> > Also note that Verilog /= VHDL
> >
> > If you are interested in VHDL, I like:
> > A VHDL Primer by J Bhasker.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jim

>
> Thanks Jim,
>
> I know that Verilog is not VHDL. I was just trying to point out that I
> don't have that background either.
>
> I am using Verilog because a portion of my project was already written in
> Verilog by someone else.


One suggestion, always write your synthesizable code from the examples
given by the tool vendors. Both VHDL and Verilog will compile and
simulate code that can no be synthesized. So design your hardware
first, as a block diagram or in any other form that lets you see the
registers and blocks of logic. Then write your code using the examples
the vendors provide for the various blocks in your diagram.

When used to build hardware, HDLs are not programming languages. They
are hardware description languages, hence HDL, not HPL.

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Old 12-07-2004, 10:37 PM
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Might want to check out "HDL Chip Design" by Douglas H. Smith.

Teaches Verilog, VHDL, and shows the schematic equivalent next to the
code.

-- Pete

Al Clark wrote:
> I want to learn Verilog for small FPGA degigns. I don't have a

background
> in VHDL but I am an experienced designer. For simple designs, I have

used
> the schematic capture method.
>
> What do you guys recommend?
>
>
> --
> Al Clark
> Danville Signal Processing, Inc.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Purveyors of Fine DSP Hardware and other Cool Stuff
> Available at http://www.danvillesignal.com


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Old 12-09-2004, 10:48 PM
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There are several good threads on comp.lang.verilog

A book I've found useful as a reference is:
The Verilog Hardware Description Language

by Thomas & Moorby

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