3. Digital Circuit Design and Implementation on FPGAs
Digital circuits serve as the foundation for modern electronic systems, and FPGAs are ideal for their design due to flexibility and speed. The chapter outlines the complete design flow for implementing digital circuits on FPGAs using VHDL and Verilog, emphasizing the steps from design specification to debugging. Practical examples illustrate the coding process and simulation methods essential for verifying circuit functionality before deployment.
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What we have learnt
- FPGAs enable the design and implementation of digital circuits with high performance and flexibility.
- The design flow includes specification, hardware description, simulation, synthesis, implementation, and verification.
- Understanding VHDL and Verilog is crucial for effective FPGA programming.
Key Concepts
- -- FPGA
- Field-Programmable Gate Array, a semiconductor device that can be configured by the customer after manufacturing.
- -- VHDL
- VHSIC Hardware Description Language, used for describing the behavior and structure of electronic systems.
- -- Verilog
- A hardware description language used to model electronic systems.
- -- Synthesis
- The process of converting a hardware description into a netlist, which represents the design in terms of logic gates.
- -- Testbench
- A simulation module that generates inputs for a design and checks its outputs against expected results.
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