Digital Design: Principles and Practices [Book]

This best-selling textbook blends academic precision and practical experience in an authoritative introduction to the basic principles of digital design and practical requirements in both board-level and VLSI systems. With over 30 years of experience in both university and industrial settings, John Wakerly, has directly taught thousands of engineering students, indirectly taught hundreds of thousands through his book, and designed or managed the design of digital systems representing over al billion dollars in revenue. The fourth edition covers all popular hardware description languages (HDLs) including Verilog as well as ABEl and VHDL. The HDL coverage is integrated thoughout the chapters, but in separate sections and subsections so that students and instructors can elect to cover none, one, some, or all of the HDL's. Plus, the new edition includes abundant new excercises and an ealier introduction to HDL-based design. Digital design principles and pratices is supported by hundreds of pages of online student and instructror resources.