Digital Electronics and Design with VHDL

1 Introduction

Chapter Contents

1.1 Historical Notes

1.2 Analog versus Digital

1.3 Bits, Bytes, and Words

1.4 Digital Circuits

1.5 Combinational Circuits versus Sequential Circuits

1.6 Integrated Circuits

1.7 Printed Circuit Boards

1.8 Logic Values versus Physical Values

1.9 Nonprogrammable, Programmable, and Hardware Programmable

1.10 Binary Waveforms

1.11 DC, AC, and Transient Responses

1.12 Programmable Logic Devices

1.13 Circuit Synthesis and Simulation with VHDL

1.14 Circuit Simulation with Spice

1.15 Gate-Level versus Transistor-Level Analysis

Objective:

This chapter introduces general notions about the digital electronics field. It also explains some fundamental concepts that will be useful in many succeeding chapters. In summary, ...