Getting Started With Fpgas Av Russell Merrick

Skip the complexity and learn to program FPGAs the easy way through this hands-on, beginner-friendly introduction to digital circuit design with Verilog and VHDL. FPGAs are reprogrammable integrated circuits used in everything from hardware hacking and hobbyist electronics to aerospace engineering, video processing, and high-frequency stock trading. They're fast, powerful, and incredibly flexible, but they have a notoriously steep bar of entry.This book lowers the bar, providing a straightforward introduction to working with FPGAs, without unnecessary jargon or complexity. Exploring FPGAs from the bottom up, it starts with a look at the basics of digital logic and the fundamental components that make up FPGAs: look-up tables and flip-flops. You'll quickly see why understanding how these components work together is critical to thinking like an FPGA designer.As the chapters progress, you'll learn how to master higher-level FPGA concepts, like state machines and crossing clock domains, while working on increasingly sophisticated hands-on projects. Loaded with thoroughly annotated, downloadable code examples in both Verilog and VHDL-the two most popular FPGA programming languages- you will come away with the confidence and experience to pursue your own FPGA projects.