Looking for VHDL home study course

[Richard Henry]

I want to get better at VHDL. I am looking an on-line or CD-based
training course.

Any suggestions?

 

[hrh1818]

I want to get better at VHDL.  I am looking an on-line or CD-based
training course.

Any suggestions?

This is not a CD but the book "FPGA Prototyping by VHDL Examples" by
Pong P. Chu is a very good book for learning how to use VHDL. The
book is digital design oriented and use the Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA
Starter kit for running the code example shown in the book. Even if
you don't purchase a Spartan 3 FPGA Starter kit this book will get you
off to a good start with VHDL.

Howard

 

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I want to get better at VHDL. I am looking an on-line or CD-based
training course.

Any suggestions?

I have an old Cypress book that came with a VHDL environement, it was
by Kevin Skahill.
http://www.amazon.com/VHDL-Programmable-Logic-Kevin-Skahill/dp/0201895730

You might be able to score it cheap on eBay or something, it is old
(10yrs).
But I got a lot out of it, although I don't do any VHDL now.

But it might be too basic for you.

 

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I have an old Cypress book that came with a VHDL environement, it was
by Kevin Skahill.http://www.amazon.com/VHDL-Programmable-Logic-Kevin-Skahill/dp/020189...

You might be able to score it cheap on eBay or something, it is old
(10yrs).
But I got a lot out of it, although I don't do any VHDL now.

But it might be too basic for you.

Oh and it came with a CD with tutorials.

 

[Richard Henry]

This is not a CD but the book "FPGA Prototyping by VHDL Examples" by
Pong P. Chu is a very good book for learning how to use VHDL.  The
book is digital design oriented and use the Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA
Starter kit for running the code example shown in the book. Even if
you don't purchase a Spartan 3 FPGA Starter kit this book will get you
off to a good start with VHDL.

Howard

Thanks. I am looking into the Xilinx starter kits.

 

[Rich Grise]

This is not a CD but the book "FPGA Prototyping by VHDL Examples" by
Pong P. Chu is a very good book for learning how to use VHDL. The
book is digital design oriented and use the Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA
Starter kit for running the code example shown in the book. Even if
you don't purchase a Spartan 3 FPGA Starter kit this book will get you
off to a good start with VHDL.

Holy Yikes!
http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Cat=2621773&keywords=fpga

What a selector guide!

Cheers!
Rich

 

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If your looking for low cost hardware to play with:

http://www.fpga4fun.com/

www.knjn.com

I like the fpga fast digital scope, if it only had external triggering
I'd buy the kit.

Steve