/technologies/fpga-group/b/blog/posts/the-art-of-fpga-design---post-5Beyond STD_LOGIC In the last post we just started to scratch the surface of VHDL types. This time we will try to go deeper - which types should we use, what are their properties and limitations, what are the main pitfalls a beginner would encoun...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/fpga-group/b/blog/posts/the-art-of-fpga-design---post-5Tue, 07 Aug 2018 18:26:39 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3ff7d42f-6e70-46cc-b75c-405d7ea90caaDAB0<p>Very good update.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You did a good job of trying to appraise the users about the need to understand the detail of your design.</p><p>Back when I did bit slice designs, you had to follow every bit and consider the implications of logical combinations to end up with a working design.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It is these details the helps to remind the newbies that we are dealing with Hardware, not Software.</p><p>Though HDL looks like software it is not. It is all about the hardware and you do need to understand the difference.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>DAB</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=5309&AppID=19&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">