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.

Presents a complete, concise, top-down approach for designing integrated circuits

Takes a practical approach, demonstrating design concepts with examples from real applications

Uses popular, commercial-grade software to demonstrate techniques

FPGAs 101 provides somebody who has very little exposure to FPGAs or VHDL, but some familiarity with digital design, with an introduction to FPGA design. The first chapter, ‘Getting Started,’ provides a beginner’s overview of programming, including how to name variables correctly, how to leave good comments, and how to find a good text editor. Later in the chapter, Smith begins an overview of the hardware description language, which extends until the end of Chapter 2. These chapters are written for those with no VHDL experience and are intended to provide a learn-by-example tutorial for implementing simple digital designs using VHDL, such as combinational logic circuits, flops, and counters

The book describes design and implementations of FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays)/PSoC (Programmable Systems-on-Chip) hardware accelerators

Focus is on hardware accelerators for data/information processing and combinatorial optimization

The presented material will be supported by numerous practical examples with demonstration of the results using recent prototyping systems from Xilinx

Introduces FPGA technology to software developers by giving an overview of FPGA programming models and design tools, as well as various application examples. Provides a holistic analysis of the topic and enables developers to tackle the architectural needs for Big Data processing with FPGAs. Explains the reasons for the energy efficiency and performance benefits of FPGA processing. Provides a user-oriented approach and a sense for where and how to apply FPGA technology

VLIW Microprocessor Hardware Design offers you a complete guide to VLIW hardware design―providing state-of-the-art coverage of microarchitectures, RTL coding, ASIC flow, and FPGA flow of design. The book also contains a wide range of skills-building examples, all worked using Verilog, that equip you with a practical, hands-on tutorial for understanding each step in the VLIW microprocessor design process.

FPGA Prototyping Using Verilog Examples will provide you with a hands-on introduction to Verilog synthesis and FPGA programming through a “learn by doing” approach. By following the clear, easy-to-understand templates for code development and the numerous practical examples, you can quickly develop and simulate a sophisticated digital circuit, realize it on a prototyping device, and verify the operation of its physical implementation.

This book addresses an often-neglected aspect of the creation of VHDL designs. A VHDL description is also source code, and VHDL designers can use the best practices of software development to write high-quality code and to organize it in a design. This book presents this unique set of skills, teaching VHDL designers of all experience levels how to apply the best design principles and coding practices from the software world to the world of hardware. The concepts introduced here will help readers write code that is easier to understand and more likely to be correct, with improved readability, maintainability, and overall quality.

Demonstrates a top-down approach to digital VLSI design.

Provides a systematic overview of architecture optimization techniques.

Features a chapter on field-programmable logic devices, their technologies and architectures.

Includes checklists, hints, and warnings for various design situations.

Emphasizes design flows that do not overlook important action items and which include alternative options when planning the development of microelectronic circuits.

Presents a complete, field-tested methodology for FPGA design, focused on reuse across design teams

Offers best practices for FPGA timing closure, in-system debug, and board design

Details techniques to resolve common pitfalls in designing with FPGAs

This practical guide explores the development and deployment of FPGA-based digital systems using the two most popular hardware description languages, Verilog and VHDL. Written by a pair of digital circuit design experts, the book offers a solid grounding in FPGA principles, practices, and applications and provides an overview of more complex topics. Important concepts are demonstrated through real-world examples, ready-to-run code, and inexpensive start-to-finish projects for both the Basys and Arty boards