VHDL references

Jack Rubin

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May 18, 2020, 11:08:09 AM5/18/20

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Being a bookish kind of guy, I found these on the web as I was looking at beginning VHDL courses. No idea why they are offered up but maybe because of COVID times? I won't pretend to have gotten beyond the introductions, but glad to have them on my "shelf" for future reference.

https://electrovolt.ir/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Finite-State-Machines-in-Hardware-Volnei-A.-Pedroni-ElectroVolt.ir_.pdf

https://electrovolt.ir/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Volnei_A_Pedroni_Digital_electronics_Electrovolt.ir_.pdf

http://www.pld.ttu.ee/~alsu/Pedroni_2010_Circuit%20Design%20and%20Simulation%20with%20VHDL.pdf

Grab them while you can!

Jack

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Jack Rubin

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May 18, 2020, 11:59:54 AM5/18/20

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I need all the strong typing I can get, along with cholesterol and sourdough bread. I’ll take a glass of Sirah to your long-neck anytime, except maybe with a slab of ribs.

How all y’all doing down there?

Jack

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Subject: Re: VHDL references

Yes.. but it's 'VHDL' - ick! I suppose you also enjoy Pascal and Quiche?

Real HDL programmers use Verilog :) Masochistic HDL programmers use CUPL!

-A

Michael Thompson

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May 18, 2020, 12:20:37 PM5/18/20

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All of my FPGA work so far has been with MicroSemi SmartFusion devices. I did everything using schematic capture and then defining I/O pins and connections. I could see the created VHDL, but didn't need to touch it. I was able to make Posibus and and Omnibus devices using the SmartFusion devices

I have been looking at the Intel FPGA/SOC devices. These can run Linux like the MicroSemi SmartFusion devices, and have similar schematic based developement tools, so I could also make peripheral emulators.