Provides researchers with an in-depth understanding of the challenges in verifying dynamically reconfigurable systems and the state-of-the-art methods used to overcome them

Guides engineers with systematic approaches and tools to achieve verification closure in their dynamically reconfigurable projects

Includes a comprehensive set of case studies, with an analysis of real bugs detected in the designs described

Uses tools and techniques compatible with mainstream products (e.g. Xilinx/Altera tools, Model Sim simulator, Verilog/VHDL design language, etc. …)

All along the book numerous examples of FPGA implementation are described

The circuits are modeled in VHDL

Complete and synthesizable source files are available at the author's web site www.arithmetic-circuits.org

It is not a book on Hardware Description Languages, and the reader is assumed to have a basic knowledge of VHDL

It is not a book on Logic Circuits either, and the reader is assumed to be familiarized with the basic concepts of combinational and sequential circuits

Introduction to and recent Research in Synthesis and Optimization of FPGA Based Systems

Easily understandable introductive sections followed by comprehensive topics covering novel techniques including numerous examples from practical applications

Presents a number of practical designs based on the proposed models and methods for complete applications from such areas as data processing, combinatorial search, and recursive computations

Introduces the subjects in a very concise format, providing just enough information for the reader to develop their first digital systems in VHDL

Book content based on 20 years of experience teaching the subject in undergraduate and graduate courses

Provides a design kit

You don't need an electronics engineering degree or even any programming experience to get the most out of Beginning FPGA: Programming Metal. Just bring your curiosity and your Field-Programmable Gate Array. In this book, you'll be using the Arrow's BeMicro MAX 10 (Altera/Intel FPGA), a very affordable and breadboard-friendly FPGA development board to create a light sensor, an temperature sensor, a motion sensor, and just for fun, the KITT car display from Knight Rider.

This book offers readers a clear guide to implementing engineering applications with FPGAs, from the mathematical description to the hardware synthesis, including discussion of VHDL programming and co-simulation issues. Coverage includes FPGA realizations such as: chaos generators that are described from their mathematical models; artificial neural networks (ANNs) to predict chaotic time series, for which a discussion of different ANN topologies is included, with different learning techniques and activation functions; random number generators (RNGs) that are realized using different chaos generators, and discussions of their maximum Lyapunov exponent values and entropies. Finally, optimized chaotic oscillators are synchronized and realized to implement a secure communication system that processes black and white and grey-scale images. In each application, readers will find VHDL programming guidelines and computer arithmetic issues, along with co-simulation examples with Active-HDL and Simulink.

Guides readers through the design of hardware architectures for digital communication and image processing applications. Offers numerous applicative examples, making the text easily understandable. Includes the description of all VHDL-related notions

Written the way the material is taught, enabling a bottom-up approach to learning which culminates with a high-level of learning, with a solid foundation. Emphasizes examples from which students can learn: contains a solved example for nearly every section in the book. Includes more than 1000 exercise problems, as well as concept check questions for each section, tied directly to specific learning outcomes