FPGAs: Instant Access | 
 enlarge | Author: Clive Maxfield
Publisher: Newnes
Category: Book
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Pages: 240
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0750689749
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.395
EAN: 9780750689748
ASIN: 0750689749
Publication Date: July 18, 2008
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Product Description
FPGAs are central to electronic design! The engineers designing these devices are in need of essential information at a moment's notice. The Instant Access Series provides all the critical content that a computer design engineer needs in his or her daily work.
This book provides an introduction to FPGAs as well as succinct overviews of fundamental concepts and basic programming. FPGAs are a customizable chip flexible enough to be deployed in a wide range of products and applications. There are several basic design flows detailed including ones based in C/C++, DSP, and HDL. This book is filled with images, figures, tables, and easy to find tips and tricks for the engineer that needs material fast to complete projects to deadline.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 The Fundamentals
CHAPTER 2 FPGA Architectures
CHAPTER 3 Programming (Configuring) an FPGA
CHAPTER 4 FPGA vs. ASIC Designs
CHAPTER 5 Traditional Design Flows
CHAPTER 6 Other Design Flows
CHAPTER 7 Using Design Tools
CHAPTER 8 Choosing the Right Device
*Tips and tricks feature that will help engineers get info fast and move on to the next issue
*Easily searchable content complete with tabs, chapter table of contents, bulleted lists, and boxed features
*Just the essentials, no need to page through material not needed for the current project
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Recommended Reading for FPGA Design November 7, 2008
Another Excellent book by Mr. Maxfield. I had received a copy of his book "The Design Warrior's Guide to FPGAs" at a design seminar, and enjoyed it so much I purchased this one from Amazon.com. This book was a joy to read, as Mr. Maxfield has a very clear, conversational writing style that makes his work very readable.
I highly recommend this book for anyone starting out in FPGA design, and wish I had read it before going through the pain of having to select an FPGA for use in our hardware. A long, tedious task, which would have been much simpler with access to Mr. Maxfield's insights on the various vendors and their product offerings.
After reading the book, I realize that my FPGA vendor selection could have been better. We use PowerPC micro-controllers from AMCC in our products, and should we ever move to an FPGA with an embedded PowerPC core, we'll likely have to shift from our current FPGA vendor to Xilinx, in order to meet our FPGA needs.
Since I didn't select Xilinx initially, this will entail tooling up on a different family of FPGA devices and development tools. Not a trivial task. Had I read "FPGAs: Instant Access" before making my selection, it would have allowed me to make a more informed vendor selection for our long term applications.
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