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From: jraj.thakkar on 6 May 2008 14:06
Hi all,

My background is in Software Engineering C,C++,Java and Unix. I am
getting started with VHDL and Verilog. What is the good way/books/
websites/training to get started? I have B.S. and M.S. in Computer
Engineering. Also, what is the learning curve in VHDL and Verilog?

Please let me know.

Thanks
Jay

From: Andreas Ehliar on 6 May 2008 10:54
On 2008-05-06, jraj.thakkar(a)gmail.com <jraj.thakkar(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My background is in Software Engineering C,C++,Java and Unix. I am
> getting started with VHDL and Verilog. What is the good way/books/
> websites/training to get started? I have B.S. and M.S. in Computer
> Engineering. Also, what is the learning curve in VHDL and Verilog?

Have you ever taken a course in digital hardware? If not you should
probably read a little bit about that before doing anything else.
Unfortunately I don't really know of good books in English in this
area because we are mainly teaching these subjects in Swedish.

Once you know a little bit about digital hardware you can draw a
little schematic and translate it into VHDL or Verilog. The learning
curve of VHDL and Verilog is actually quite low _if_ you know what
hardware your are planning to design.

May I ask why you are interested in learning about VHDL or Verilog?
Do you have a particular project in mind? Hobby or professional
interest?

/Andreas
From: austin on 6 May 2008 14:35
Jay,

I received a free copy of:

"FPGA prototyping By VHDL Examples" by Chu.

There will be a verilog version soon, too.

A easy to read book, designed around the Digilentinc.com Spartan pcb for
learning (he is a professor in Ohio).

There are a lot of books out there, so I would encourage others to
comment on ones they have actually read (like I did).

Austin
From: jraj.thakkar on 6 May 2008 15:21
On May 6, 2:35 pm, austin <aus...(a)xilinx.com> wrote:
> Jay,
>
> I received a free copy of:
>
> "FPGA prototyping By VHDL Examples" by Chu.
>
> There will be a verilog version soon, too.
>
> A easy to read book, designed around the Digilentinc.com Spartan pcb for
> learning (he is a professor in Ohio).
>
> There are a lot of books out there, so I would encourage others to
> comment on ones they have actually read (like I did).
>
> Austin

Thanks for the response. I will try to get hold of some good books.
From: jraj.thakkar on 6 May 2008 15:22
On May 6, 10:54 am, Andreas Ehliar <ehliar-nos...(a)isy.liu.se> wrote:
> On 2008-05-06, jraj.thak...(a)gmail.com <jraj.thak...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > My background is in Software Engineering C,C++,Java and Unix. I am
> > getting started with VHDL and Verilog. What is the good way/books/
> > websites/training to get started? I have B.S. and M.S. in Computer
> > Engineering. Also, what is the learning curve in VHDL and Verilog?
>
> Have you ever taken a course in digital hardware? If not you should
> probably read a little bit about that before doing anything else.
> Unfortunately I don't really know of good books in English in this
> area because we are mainly teaching these subjects in Swedish.
>
> Once you know a little bit about digital hardware you can draw a
> little schematic and translate it into VHDL or Verilog. The learning
> curve of VHDL and Verilog is actually quite low _if_ you know what
> hardware your are planning to design.
>
> May I ask why you are interested in learning about VHDL or Verilog?
> Do you have a particular project in mind? Hobby or professional
> interest?
>
> /Andreas

It's just a professional interest/curiousity. Just wanted to get hang
of hardware design.
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