comp.lang.vhdl FAQ part 2 of 4: books
Edwin Naroska
comp.lang.vhdl
Frequently Asked Questions And Answers: Part 2
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Preliminary Remarks
This is a monthly posting to comp.lang.vhdl containing information on VHDL
books. Please send additional information directly to the editor:
ed...@ds.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de (Edwin Naroska)
Corrections and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks for all corrections.
At the end of this listing, you'll also find reports on global topics
concerning VHDL, which are available per ftp.
There are three other regular postings: part 1 lists general information on
VHDL, part 3 lists products and services (PD+commercial), part 4 contains
descriptions for a number of terms and phrases used to define VHDL.
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Table of Contents
* 1. Documents of the IEEE
o 1.1. Where to Obtain?
* 2. Books on VHDL
o 2.1. Books in French
o 2.2. Books in German
o 2.3. Books in Japanese
o 2.4. Books in Dutch
o 2.5. Books in Swedish
o 2.6. Recommended Books in comp.lang.vhdl
o 2.7. Some Publisher Addresses
* 3. Free Documents
o 3.1. Reports
o 3.2. Free Books
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1. Documents of the IEEE
See also http://standards.ieee.org.
"1076-1987 Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual"
IEEE Standards, Not available from the IEEE anymore. Now available
from Menchini & Associates (see FAQ part 3 products & services),
for a cost of $75 US. Please contact me...@mench.com for further
information.
"IEEE Standard VHDL Language Reference Manual"
IEEE Std 1076-1993, IEEE Standards, Order Code SH 16840, $56, 30%
IEEE Member Discount, bulk discounts, ISBN 1-55937-376-8, 1994
The Sense of VASG
Standard No. 1076-CONC-1990, Order Code SH13326, $22.50,
"This publication is the companion document to IEEE Std 1076-1987.
It clarifies ambiguities and editorial errors in IEEE Std
1076-1987 and contains accepted requests for new language
features"
"IEEE Standards Interpretations: IEEE Standard VHDL Language Reference
Manual"
IEEE Std 1076/INT-1991, Order Code SH148941991
"IEEE Standard Multivalue Logic System for VHDL Model Interoperability
(std_logic_1164)"
IEEE Std 1164-1993, ...1993
"A CD-ROM Learning Tool for VHDL"
The VHDL CD-ROM Tutorial provides an easy-to-use logical method of
referencing the standard, while showing actual detailed examples
of VHDL implementation. This product is available for use in
Microsoft Windows. (3.1 and '95), Macintosh., Sun OS and Sun
Solaris environments. See also
http://standards.ieee.org/catalog/press/.
1.1. Where to Obtain?
U.S.A.:
IEEE Service Center
445 Hoes Lane
P.O. Box 1331
Piscataway, NJ 08855-1331 USA
Phone: 1-800-678-IEEE, FAX: 908-981-9667
Canada:
This office is no longer in operation.
Europe:
IEEE Computer Society, 13,
Avenue de l'Aquilon,
B-1200 Brussels BELGIUM
Telephone: 32.2.770.21.98
FAX: 32.2.770.85.05
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2. Books on VHDL
Please send a note to the editor if any of this books are out of print or a
good book is missing. See also
http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/vhicdl/books/pubpage.html for another
list of publications on VHDL.
VHDL Coding Styles and Methodologies, 2nd Edition
Ben Cohen
ISBN 0-7923-8474-1, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1999, 450 pages. Book emphasizes detailed application of the
language, style, methodologies, and synthesis through several
complete examples. This edition provides practical information on
reusable software methodologies for the design of bus functional
models for testbenches. This includes the waveform, client/server,
command text and binary file methods. All VHDL code is on CD. CD
also includes the GNU toolsuite with EMACS language sensitive
editor, TSHELL, 30 day evaluation of ModelSim (Model Technology),
and 20 day evaluation of Synplify (Synplicity). For TOC see
http://members.aol.com/vhdlcohen/vhdl
A VHDL Primer, Third Edition
J. Bhasker
ISBN 0-13-096575-8, Prentice Hall
Sept 1998, 375 pages, updated to cover the popular new IEEE
STD_LOGIC_1164 standard, http://www.phptr.com
A VHDL Synthesis Primer, Second Edition
J. Bhasker
ISBN 0-9650391-9-6, Star Galaxy Publishing
August 1998, 312 pages, Hardcover, $59.95, Describes the
NUMERIC_BIT and NUMERIC_STD packages and uses these packages in
the examples, Publisher/Order info: Star Galaxy Publishing, 1058
Treeline Drive, Suite 277, Allentown, PA 18103, Phone/fax:
888-727-7296 (toll free in US), 610-391-7296 [24 hours],
http://users.aol.com/SGalaxyPub
VHDL 3rd Edition
Douglas Perry
ISBN 0070494363, MacGraw-Hill
June 1998, 500 pages, 3nd edition
Essential VHDL : RTL Synthesis Done Right
Sundar Rajan
ISBN 0966959000, S & G Publishing
June 1998, 320 pages, US$49.95, Essential VHDL provides a simple,
hands-on approach to writing VHDL for RTL synthesis. It follows a
systematic, "how-to" style and instructs readers on practical VHDL
design. Although targeted primarily at programmable logic
designers, the techniques presented in this book make it equally
useful for those interested in real-world HDL design. See also
http://www.vahana.com/vhdl.htm.
The Student's Guide to VHDL
Peter J. Ashenden
ISBN 1-55860-520-7, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
January 1998, 340 pages, $29.95
Digital Systems Design Using VHDL
Charles H. Roth, Jr
ISBN 0-534-98099-X, PWS Publishing Company
1998, 470 pages, http://www.pws.com/ee/roth.html
Essential VHDL : RTL Synthesis Done Right
Rajan, Sundar
ISBN: 1199456721, S & G Publishing
June 1998, Softcover, Web page:
http://www.clbooks.com/sqlnut/SP/search/gtsumt?isbn=1199456721
VHDL for Logic Synthesis, 2nd Edition
Andrew Rushton
ISBN 0-471-98325-X, John Wiley & Sons
May 1998, 390 pages, Hardback, Web page:
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~arushton/
VHDL Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, 2nd Edition
Ben Cohen
ISBN 0-7923-8115-7, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1998, Web page: http://members.aol.com/vhdlcohen/vhdl/
Digital Design and Modeling with VHDL and Synthesis
K.C. Chang, Boeing
ISBN 0-8186-7716-3, IEEE Computer Society Press
January 1997, 368 pages. 7" x 10" Hardcover, The book combines
VHDL and synthesis in an easy-to-follow step-by-step sequence.
This approach addresses common mistakes and hard-to-understand
concepts in a way that eases learning. Digital Design and Modeling
with VHDL and Synthesis introduces VHDL with closely related
practical design examples, simulation waveforms, and schematics so
the reader can better understand their correspondence and
relationship. See
http://www.computer.org/cspress/catalog/bp07716.htm
HDL Chip Design - A Practical Guide for Designing, Synthesizing and
simulating ASICs and FPGAs using VHDL or Verilog
Douglas J. Smith
ISBN 0-9651934-3-8, Doone Publications,
extern_mref(asm...@doone.com)
1997, Foreword by Alex Zamfirescu, IEEE Project Chair/IEC TC
Convenor. This book won the 1997 small press award for Science and
Engineering. Shows equivalent VHDL and Verilog models side-by-side
followed by a common synthesized circuit implementation. Large
format (8.5x11 inches) - case bound - 470 pages - 240
illustrations - 180 practical modeling examples,
http://www.doone.com.
Analysis and Design of Digital Systems with VHDL
A. Dewey
ISBN: 0534954103, PWS Publishing Company
August 1996, 682 pages
Quick-Turnaround ASIC Design in VHDL :: Core-Based Behavioral Synthesis
M. S. Ben Romdhane, V. K. Madisetti, J. W. Hines, (Foreword by
Prof. J. Allen, MIT)
ISBN 0-7923-9744-4, Kluwer Academic Publishers
June 1996, $95, http://www.ee.gatech.edu/users/215/book3.html
Vhdl for Programmable Logic
Kevin Skahill, Jay Legenhausen, Ron Wade, Corey Wilner, BL Wilson
ISBN 0201895730, Addison-Wesley
May 1996, 593 pages, book & CD-Rom edition includes Cypress WARP
software and examples,
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0201895730/002-9583653-7021215
A VHDL Synthesis Primer
J. Bhasker
ISBN 0-9650391-0-2, Star Galaxy Publishing
February 1996, 250 pages, Hardcover, $49.95, Publisher/Order info:
Star Galaxy Publishing, 1058 Treeline Drive, Suite 277, Allentown,
PA 18103, Phone/fax: 888-727-7296 (toll free in US), 610-391-7296
[24 hours], http://users.aol.com/SGalaxyPub
VHDL Made Easy
David Pellerin and Douglas Taylor
ISBN 0-13-650763-8, Prentice Hall
1996, 420 pages, $54.95. Includes CD-ROM containing a VHDL
simulator, VHDL examples and other software. Available direct from
Accolade Design Automation (800-470-2686), 26331 NE Valley Street,
Suite 5-120, Duvall, WA 98019, FAX 206-788-3768,
http://www.acc-eda.com/
VHDL for Designers
Stefan Sjoholm and Lennart Lindh
1996, ISBN 0-13-473414-9, Prentice Hall
Covers everything from basics of VHDL through test benches,
synthesis, test methodology even to behavioral synthesis
Introduction to VHDL
D Hunter, T Johnson
Paperback:0-412-73130-4, Chapman & Hall
November 1995, 246x189mm, 496 pages, 8 line illus, UK o24.99
The Designer's Guide to VHDL
Peter J. Ashenden
ISBN 1-55860-270-4, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
1995, 710 pages, list price US$44.95,
http://www.cs.adelaide.edu.au/~petera/designers-guide/DG.html
VLSI Digital Signal Processors: An Introduction to Rapid Prototyping
and Design Synthesis (using VHDL and other means)
Vijay K. Madisetti
ISBN 7506-9406-8, IEEE Order Number PC5599, IEEE Press
1995, 524 pages, $59,
http://www.ee.gatech.edu/users/vijaykm/bl.html
Circuit Synthesis with VHDL
R Airiau, JM Berge, V Olive
ISBN 0-7923-9429-1, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1994
Digital Design & Synthesis with VHDL
Ross
ISBN 0-9627488-3-8, Automata Publishing Company
1994, 300p, Cloth Text
Structured Logic Design With VHDL
J.R. Armstrong and F. Gail Gray
ISBN 0-13-855206-1, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., USA
May of 1993
VHDL Programming with Advanced Topics
Louis Baker
John Wiley & Sons 1993, New York
VHDL Buyer's Guide
Steve Wolfe and Fouad Kiamilev
ISBN 0-934869-14-6, Cad Cam Publishing, Incorporated 11/1992,
Trade Paper, 30p
Applications of VHDL to Circuit Design
edited by Randolph Harr and Alec Stanculescu
ISBN 0-7923-9153-5, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1991, 256 pages, $75.00, 101 Philip Drive, Norwell,MA 02061
Hardware Design and Simulation in VAL/VHDL
Larry M. Augustin, David C. Luckham, Benoit A. Gennart, Yo Huh and
Alec G. Stanculescu
ISBN 0-7923-9087-3, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1991, 352 pages, $69.95
The VHDL Handbook
David Coelho (Vantage Analysis Systems)
ISBN 0-7923-90310-8, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1989, examples and std package on (PC) disc for $100 handling cost
from: Coelho Publications, 43000 Christy Street, Fremont, CA 94538
voice: (415) 770-0875, fax: (415) 770-0728, email:
...!uunet!coelho!drc
An Introduction to VHDL: Hardware Description and Design
Lipsett, Schaeffer, Ussery
ISBN 0-7923-9030-x, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1989, 320 pages, $59.95
ASIC System Design with VHDL: A Paradigm
S. Leung, M.A. Shanblatt
ISBN 0-7923-9032-6, Kluwer Academic Publishers
1989, 240 pages, $56.50
Chip Level Modelling in VHDL
J. Armstrong
Prentice Hall
1988, 148 pages, 119,- german marks
The VHDL Cookbook
Peter J. Ashenden, University of Adelaide, South Australia
per ftp from ftp://ftp.cs.adelaide.edu.au/pub/VHDL-Cookbook/
(129.127.8.8) (Mac,PC,PS) or
ftp://bears.ece.ucsb.edu/pub/VHDL/comp.lang.vhdl
Introduction to HDL-Based Design Using VHDL
Steve Carlson
Synopsys, Inc.
$49.95, 700 East Middlefield Road, Mountain View, CA 94043
(415)962-5000
Performance and Fault Modeling with VHDL
edited by Joel M. Schoen
ISBN 0-13-658816-6, Prentice Hall
$44.00, 406 pages clothbound
VHDL Designer's Reference
Jean Michel Berge, Alain Fonkua, Serge Maginot, Jacques Roulliard
ISBN 0-7923-1756-4, Kluwer Academic Publishers
A Guide to VHDL
Stanley Mazor, Patricia Langstraat
ISBN 0-7923-9255-8, Kluwer Academic Publishers
VHDL for Simulation, Synthesis and Formal Proofs of Hardware
Jean Mermet
ISBN 0-7923-9253-1, Kluwer academic publishers
VHDL: Analysis and Modelling of Digital Systems
1/E, Zainalabedin Navabi
ISBN 0-07-046472-3, Mc Graw Hill
US$ 38.50
Digital System Design using VHDL
Chin-Hwa Lee, CorralTek
P.O. 2616, Salinas, CA 93902 (408) 484-1726
Price $29 (answer book $10)
VHDL '92; The New Features of the VHDL Hardware Description Language
Berge, Fonkoua, Maginot and Rouillard
ISBN:0-7923-9356-2, Kluwer Academic Publishers
Price: $87.50 Dfl180.00
A VHDL Primer, Revised Edition
J. Bhasker
ISBN 0-13-181447-8, Prentice Hall
(this edition is based on VHDL-93)
A Designer's Guide to VHDL Synthesis
Ott
ISBN 0-7923-9472-0, Kluwer Academic Publishers
A Guide to VHDL Syntax
J. Bhasker
ISBN 0-13-324351-6, Prentice Hall
$45.00, Number of pages: 268
Formal Semantics for VHDL
Carlos Delgado Kloos, Peter T. Breuer (eds.)
Kluwer Academic Publishers
more info on:
http://www.dit.upm.es/~cdk/inv/euroform/sem-vhdl.html
VHDL Techniques, Experiments, and Caveats
J. Pick
ISBN 0-07-049906-3, McGraw-Hill
$55
VHDL Modeling for Digital Design Synthesis
Yu-Chin Hsu
ISBN 0-7923-9597-2, Kluwer Academic Publishers
376p
VHDL: Features and Applications, A self-study course
J. Bhasker
IEEE
Contains: Self study course + final exam + A VHDL Primer(Revised
Edition) text + IEEE Std 1076-1993 + IEEE Std 1164-1993 (all in
one package), $229.00 IEEE members, $299 non-members, IEEE Product
number: HL5712, To order: Call IEEE at (800) 678-IEEE
2.1. Books in French
VHDL, du langage au circuit , du circuit au langage
J. Weber and M.Meaudre
ISBN 2-225-82957-8, edition Masson
1997
Initiation au langage VHDL
Michel Amiaux
ISBN 2-225-85232-4, edition Masson
1996, http://www.masson.fr/science/
Circuits numériques et synthèse logique, un outil : VHDL
Jacques Weber, Maurice Meaudre
ISBN 2-225-84956-0, Collection : Technologie de l'Université à
l'Industrie
1995, 208 pages
VHDL du langage a la modelisation
R. Airiau, J.M. Berge, V. Olive and J. Rouillard
Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes
Lausanne 1990
2.2. Books in German
Abstrakte Modellierung digitaler Schaltungen (VHDL vom funktionalen
Modell bis zur Gatterebene)
K. ten Hagen
ISBN 3-540-59143-5, Springer
August 1995
Schaltungsdesign mit VHDL
Gunther Lehmann, Bernhard Wunder, Manfred Selz
ISBN 3-7723-6163-3, Franzis-Verlag
1994, 317 Seiten, mit Diskette, Poing, DM 89,-
VLSI-Entwurf (Vorgehen, Methoden, Automatisierung)
Thomas Kropf
ISBN 3-8266-0163-7, International Thomson Publishing
TAT (Thomson Aktuelle Tutorien) Nr.17, (trotz des Titels ist das
Buch zu ca. 80% ein VHDL-Buch)
Die VHDL-Syntax (Deutsche Uebersetzung von "A Guide to VHDL Syntax")
J. Bhasker
ISBN: 3-8272-9528-9, Prentice Hall Verlag GmbH
2.3. Books in Japanese
Transation of: A VHDL Primer
Jayaram Bhasker
ISBN4-7898-3286-4 C3055 P3200E, CQ Publishing
2.4. Books in Dutch
VHDL, VHDL'87/'93 en voorbeelden
Egbert Molenkamp
ISBN 90-802634-3-5
1997, 250 pages, Dfl 70,- (excl. VAT and Handling), Order via:
Transfer EDS, Goorseweg 5, 7475 BB Markelo, the Netherlands, fax.
x-31-547-367366
2.5. Books in Swedish
VHDL för konstruktion
Lennart Lindh, Stefan Sjöholm
ISBN 91-44-47782-1
1996, 524 pages, Studentlitteratur
2.6. Recommended Books in comp.lang.vhdl
I compiled two lists from articles which were posted to comp.lang.vhdl from
1996/1/1 to 1999/5/19. Only books which were recommended at least by 4
different posters (excluding the author) appear on the lists. I've done my
best to get exact numbers but I probably catched not all postings which
included any recommendations. Hence, if you think that a book is missing or
got a wrong number of recommendations (see below) please send me a note.
How to get your favourite book onto the list(s)? If you are the author:
there is no way (besides writing an excellent book). Otherwise, if you think
it's an excellent book please share the information with the community: just
post a recommendation to the newsgroup. If their number exceeds the
threshold the book will be added to the appropriate list. To initialise this
process I plan to post a 'request for recommendations' every 12 month. The
next request is scheduled for August 1999.
Please note that the books may focus on different topics of VHDL and not all
books are recommended for beginners. Hence, try to get some more
informations on a book before ordering. Usually, the various on-line book
stores provide some additional infos (see i.e. http://www.amazon.com/,
http://www.bookpool.com/,...). Of course you may also check out Section 2.
Further, please post/send remarks about the books on the list (for
beginners, not for beginners,...)
The lists are sorted by decreasing number of recommendations (the actual
number for each book is enclosed in '()').
General books on VHDL:
* "The Designer's Guide to VHDL" by Peter Ashenden (20)
remarks: for beginners, comprehensive, very good for reference
* "A VHDL Primer" by J. Bhasker (11)
remark: for beginners, not suited to learn synthesis
* "VHDL" by Doug Perry (6)
* "VHDL made Easy!" by David Pellerin (5)
remark: for beginners
* "VHDL for Designers" by Stefan Sjoholm and Lennart Lindh (4)
Books on VHDL for synthesis:
* "Hdl Chip Design" by Douglas J. Smith (10) remark: for beginners
* "VHDL Coding styles and methodologies,... an In-depth Tutorial" by Ben
Cohen (10)
remark: not for beginners
* "VHDL for programmable logic" by Keven Skahill (9)
* "VHDL for Logic Synthesis" by Andrew Rushton (9)
* "Analysis And Modeling of Digital Systems" (second edition) by Z.Navabi
(4)
remarks: not for beginners, covers testbench and synthesis
2.7. Some Publisher Addresses
* Prentice Hall
www: http://www.prenhall.com/
Order addresses
o U.S.: To order by phone, call 1-(800) 643-5506. Please give the
operator the following "key code": E1001-A1(3)
o UK, Europe, Middle East, and Africa: Fax your order to
44-1-442-882277, or send e-mail to ibd_o...@prenhall.co.uk.
* Kluwer Academic Publishers
www: http://www.wkap.com/
Contact addresses
o North and South America: Kluwer Academic Publishers Customer
Service Department, P.O. Box 358, Accord Station, Hingham, MA
02018-0358, U.S.A., Tel : (617) 871-6600, Fax : (617) 871-6528,
E-mail: klu...@wkap.com
o Rest of the World: Kluwer Academic Publishers Customer Service
Department, P.O. Box 989, 3300 AZ Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Tel
: (+31) 78 639 23 92, Fax : (+31) 78 639 22 54, E-mail:
serv...@wkap.nl
* McGraw-Hill
www: http://www.books.mcgraw-hill.com/
Contact addresses
o U.S.: McGraw-Hill, 11 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011 U.S.A.
o United Kingdom and Europe: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Europe,
Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 2QL, England,
Telephone +44 (0)1628 502500 Fax +44 (0)1628 770224
* Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
www: http://www.mkp.com/
Contact address:
o The Sales/Editorial office: 340 Pine Street 6th Floor, San
Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415-392-2665, Fax: 415-982-2665
Order:
o USA:
+ Mail order: Customer Service and Orders Morgan Kaufmann
Publishers, Attn: Order Fulfillment Dept., 6277 Sea Harbor
Drive, Orlando, FL 32887
Phone: 800-745-7323, Fax: 800-874-6418
+ Phone order: Please call 800-745-7323 from the US or Canada,
or 407-345-3800 from any other location.
o Europe & the UK: Afterhurst Mail Order Service, 27 Church Road
Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2FA, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-1-273-748427, Fax: 44-1-273-722180, Email:
mkp.e...@psypress.co.uk
* John Wiley & Sons
www: http://www.wiley.com/
Order
o United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean: U.S. Customer
Service Department at John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Distribution
Center, 1 Wiley Drive, Somerset, NJ 08875-1272, Phone: (908)
469-4400 or (800) 225-5945, Fax: (908) 302-2300, Email:
bsta...@wiley.com, Hours: 8:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m. EST
* Springer-Verlag, Germany
www: http://www.springer.de/
Contact address: Springer-Verlag Berlin, Heidelberger Platz 3, D-14197
Berlin, Germany, Phone: 49-30-82787-0, Email: ser...@springer.de
* Doone Publications
www: http://www.doone.com/
Contact addresses
o America, Europe: Anne Smith, Doone Publications, 7950, Highway 72W
#G106, Madison, Al, 35758, USA, Phone: Outside USA +1 205 837
0580, Within USA 1 800 311 3753, Fax: +1 205 837 0580, Email:
asm...@doone.com
o Asia, Australasia: Coral Cooksley, Kirstep Distribution,
Australia, Phone: +61 (02) 489 7855, Fax: +61 (02) 489 7034,
Email: c...@aaoepp.aao.gov.au
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3. Free Documents
3.1. Reports
Only stuff available by ftp, http or similar will be mentioned here, if of
general interest.
On ftp://ftp.estec.esa.nl/pub/vhdl/doc (or via
http://www.estec.esa.nl/wsmwww/vhdl/vhdlpage.html) the following documents
can be found (look in their README for the most actual info):
BoardLevel.ps
"VHDL Models for Board-level Simulation", ref. WSM/SH/010 This
document provides recommendations for development and usage of
VHDL models intended for Board-level simulation. The purpose of
these recommendations is to define modelling criteria that will
produce models that are highly accurate in both functionality and
timing, and that will provide sufficient simulation performance to
facilitate long simulation runs. Format: postscript.
CompList.ps
"Support Component List", ref. WDN/PS/822 Issue 2 This document
contains summary information for European components for space
applications. Their main characteristics are listed, including
radiation tolerance. Coordinates to contact persons for further
information are also included. Format: postscript.
ModelGuide.ps
"VHDL Modelling Guidelines", ref. ASIC/001 Issue 1 The ESA VHDL
Modelling Guidelines have been established to ensure a good coding
standard for VHDL, w.r.t. to readability, portability and
extensive verification. There are separate sections dealing with
specific requirements for models for component simulation,
board-level simulation, system-level simulation and test benches.
The document is being used for education at several universities,
as a base for company specific guidelines etc. Format: postscript.
UseOfVHDL.ps
"The Usage of VHDL in the European Space Agency" An overview of
the current and envisaged (April 1995) usage of VHDL within ESA.
Describes the background, scope and purpose of the ESA VHDL
Modelling Guidelines, and introduces the upcoming document "VHDL
Models for Board-level Simulation". Outlines a planned scheme for
making VHDL models for Board-level simulation available including
schemes for protecting the design information. The paper was
presented at the Workshop on Libraries, Component Modeling and
Quality Assurance in Nantes (F), April 1995. Format: postscript.
VHDLReport.ps
"The VHDL Standard" (by E2S n.v.) An overview of the May 1994
status of the VHDL standard and associated activities within the
IEEE, EIA, and ESPRIT projects. An extensive summary of VHDL
repositories is included, together with a list of European VHDL
tools. Format: postscript.
At ftp://ftp.edif.org/pub/vhdl/models the following documents are available:
VHDL93-model.ps
Internal Report, 30-03-95, ``An Information Model of VHDL'93
(Draft Version 02)'' University of Manchester, Department of
Computer Scienc. Format: postscript.
VHDL87-model.ps
Internal Report, 10-11-94, ``An Information Model of VHDL'87
(Draft Version 10)'' University of Manchester, Department of
Computer Science. Format: postscript.
Content of the README file: "The present documents are the result of
work supported by the UK Defence Research Agency and ESIP (ESPRIT
Project 8370). The goal has been to produce comprehensive information
models of VHDL'87 and VHDL '93. The models defined here describe the
essential objects and the semantics of VHDL'87 and VHDL'93 at the
description, analysis, elaboration and simulation levels of design.
They are not implementation information models for a VHDL simulator nor
for a VHDL checker; they can, however, provide the basis for the
creation of such implementation oriented information models.
The VHDL'87 model is accompanied by a the presentation from file
VHDL87-model-presentation.ps.
This document supersedes the earlier reports ECIP2/UM/015-1 01-05-93
and UM Internal Report 10-10-94."
The Actel HDL Coding Style Guide provides instructions for optimizing HDL
code for the Actel architecture using examples in both VHDL and Verilog.
While this document primarily targets coding for the Actel architecture it
also contains a section about technology independent coding styles. The
style guide is available from http://www.actel.com/docs/29105_0.pdf.
3.2. Free Books
The VHDL Cookbook
Peter J. Ashenden
An introduction to VHDL. Available per ftp from
ftp://ftp.cs.adelaide.edu.au/pub/VHDL-Cookbook/ or
ftp://bears.ece.ucsb.edu/pub/VHDL/comp.lang.vhdl. see also
booklist entry
VHDL, lenguaje para descripcion y modelado de circuitos
Fernando Pardo
A Spanish introduction to circuit design and VHDL. Available at
http://bugs.uv.es/~pardo/vhdl/.
VHDL Kurzanleitung
Andreas Mäder
A German introduction to VHDL. Available from
http://tech-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/vhdl/vhdl.html.
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Authors:
Tom Dettmer, Edwin Naroska