Introduction/Method description

Very high-speed integrated circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL) is now one of the most popular standard HDLs, which allows the functional / behavioural description of an engineering system to be combined with a detailed electronic design, enabling the modelling of complex electronic systems. This tutorial provides an insight into modern holistic modelling/design techniques based on hardware description languages (HDLs). There are major advantages of the new approach, such as: a unique modelling and evaluation environment for complete electronic systems, the same environment is used for the FPGA rapid prototyping of the digital controller, fast design development, short time to market, a CAD platform independent model, reusability of the model/design, generation of valuable IP.

Objectives

Participants will learn to:

• Understand an HDL based top-down digital electronic system modelling / design methodology
• Several examples of using VHDL for typical digital electronic modules, simulation and FPGA implementation are presented.

Expected background knowledge:

A background in digital electronics and programming principles is required.