1 Design Entry: The first step in using VHDL for hardware design is the design entry. This step can be accomplished using the text editor of your choice. For our example simply download the file decode.vhd. This file contains a single entity named DECODE which is a 3-to-8 decoder. Below is a picture of the 3-to-8 decoder and its entity declaration. It also illustrates how the port declarations correspond to the inputs and outputs of the entity....Go

The Intel 8237A is a simple DMA controller. In order to simplify using this controller for educational purposes, many of the advanced features have been removed. A detailed description of what is supported and what is not supported can be found below. The 8237A can be easily incorporated into a design with minimal setup and/or initialization required. The provided design is also synthesizable through Synopsys dc_shell and a testbench is also provided to demostrate the programming and DMA operations.You can get vhd file and testbench....Go

The four parts FAQ collection of the comp.lang.vhdl newsgroup, which is reposted about monthly. The most recent version can be obtained from the EDA.ORG server. The FAQ ist also available in PDF format for printing....Go

n terms of course prerequisites, I am assuming that everybody is already familiar with RTL-level VHDL via the Digital System Design course (ECE 4743/6743) or some other source. This object of this course is to introduce the student to more of the VHDL modeling language than what has been covered in previous courses. We will also cover aspects of Verilog which do not overlap VHDL functionality, and look at mixed-mode simulation....Go

...Go