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VHDL general knowledge

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Former Member over 11 years ago

Hello,
I was wondering where to get some information about VHDL and it's details about implementation. The question came up because I found on the internet a quiz that contain some questions about vhdl. For example what would I use and why, RAM or regfile, discussing about timing, low power and area. I'm looking for some general knowledge, also about the syntax, maybe there is a reference doc I missed, so the question is, where did You learned vhdl from?

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  • bhfletcher
    0 bhfletcher over 11 years ago

    Best way is to learn by doing. Get a book and a development board and start experimenting. One of my favorite HDL books is

    Hdl Chip Design: A Practical Guide for Designing, Synthesizing & Simulating Asics & Fpgas Using Vhdl or Verilog by Douglas Smith.

     

    Digilent also offers some interesting material -- http://digilentinc.com/NavTop/Classroom.cfm

     

    Bryan

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  • zedhed
    0 zedhed over 11 years ago

    Hi przedmarancz,

    I would like to second Bryan's suggestion and offer one additional resource which has been really great for me, the New Users section of the Xilinx Support Forum:

    http://forums.xilinx.com/t5/New-Users-Forum/bd-p/NewUser

    A lot of times what you learn in academic circles is OKAY from a VHDL language point of view but not always implementable on real FPGA hardware.  There are lots of posts on the Xilinx New Users Forum not just from new users but some really good responses and advice from "guys who do FPGA design" for a living.

    Regards,
    -Kevin

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