Rapid Prototyping of Digital S

Rapid Prototyping of Digital Systems provides an exciTIng and challenging

laboratory component for undergraduate digital logic and computer design courses

using FPGAs and CAD tools for simulaTIon and hardware implementaTIon. The

more advanced topics and exercises also make this text useful for upper level

courses in digital logic, programmable logic, and embedded systems. The SOPC

ediTIon includes Altera’s new Quartus II CAD tool and includes laboratory projects

for Altera’s DE2 and the new DE1 FPGA boards. Student laboratory projects

provided on the book’s DVD include video graphics and text, mouse and keyboard

input, and several computer designs.

Rapid Prototyping of Digital Systems includes four tutorials on the Altera Quartus

II and Nios II tool environment, an overview of programmable logic, and IP cores

with several easy-to-use input and output functions. These features were developed

to help students get started quickly. Early design examples use schematic capture

and IP cores developed for the Altera UP and DE FPGA boards. VHDL is used for

more complex designs after a short introduction to VHDL-based synthesis. Verilog

is also now supported as an option for the student projects.

New chapters in this edition provide an overview of System-On-a-Programmable

Chip (SOPC) technology and SOPC design examples for the DE1 & 2 boards using

Altera’s new Nios II Processor hardware, the C software development tools, an

overview of OS support for SOPC, and the uClinux operating system. A full set of

Altera’s FPGA CAD tools is included on the book’s DVD.