Lecture Notes - CAD Based Logic Design by Prof. Shantanu Dutt

CAD Based Logic Design, Lecture Notes

by Prof. Shantanu Dutt 

 

 

1. Lecture Notes # 0 -- Teaching Philosophy: ppt
   
   
2. Lecture Notes # 1 -- Combinational Logic and Its Description Using Hardware Description Languages (HDLs): pdf
   Addendum (simple animation of a structural description): ppt
   
   
3. Lecture Notes # 2 -- Basic VHDL -- from RASSP Education & Facilitation: Slide 1
   followed by: Rest of the slides
   (copyrighted but can print the slides for educational purposes only--see info on 1st slide pointed to above).
   Alternatively, these slides are also available in ppt form: ppt
   
   
4. Lecture Notes # 2.25: More on VHDL Data Types: pdf
   
   
5. Lecture Notes # 2.5 -- VHDL Structural Descriptions -- from RASSP Education & Facilitation: Slides (copyrighted but can print the slides for educational purposes only--see info on 1st slide pointed to above).
   
   
6. Lecture Notes # 2.75 -- VHDL Quick Start by Peter Ashenden: pdf
   
   
7. Lecture Notes # 3.5 -- Behavioral VHDL -- from RASSP Education & Facilitation: Slide 1
   followed by: Rest of the slides up to # 26
   (copyrighted but can print the slides for educational purposes only--see info on 1st slide pointed to above).
   
   
8. Lecture Notes # 4 -- Design Tour -- Design Approaches and VHDL Descriptions: ppt
   
   
9. Lecture Notes # 4a -- Adder Circuits: ppt
   Subset of above notes in pdf format: pdf
   
   
10. Lecture Notes # 4b -- Behavioral VHDL: pdf
    
    
    
11. Lecture Notes # 4c -- VHDL Process Communication: ppt
    
    
    
12. Lecture Notes # 4b -- Miscellaneous VHDL Issues: ppt
    
    
    
13. Lecture Notes # 4e -- Some Synthesis Examples: ppt
    
    
    
14. Lecture Notes # 5 -- Multiplication Circuits and Methods: ppt
    
    
15. Lecture Notes # 6 -- Integer Division Methods: ppt
    
    
16. Lecture Notes # 7 -- Sequential Circuits (FSMs) and Their VHDl Descriptions: ppt
    
    
17. Lecture Notes # 8 -- Datapath Design and Control pdf
    
    
    
    
18. Lecture Notes # 10 -- Controller FSM Design: pdf
    
    
19. Lecture Notes # 10b -- Controller FSM Example--Unsigned Multiplication--from RASSP Education & Facilitation: Slide 1
    followed by: slide50-57
    
    
20. Lecture Notes # 11 -- File Operations: ppt OR pdf (2 slides per page)
    Examples:
    (a) Read-write example vhdl file: vhdl file .
    (b) Read-write package to be included in the test bench file: vhdl file .
    (c) Example files for "read_write" entity above: (i) txt .
    (ii) txt .
    
    
    
    
    
21. Lecture Notes # 11.5 -- Pipelining: pdf
    
    
22. Lecture Notes # 12 -- Module-to-module communication: pdf
    
    
23. Lecture Notes # 13 -- Parallel Multiplication: pdf
    
    
24. Lecture Notes # 14 -- High-level Digital Design Strategies: ppt
    
    

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