Advanced VHDL

A 3 day course emphasizing behavioral techniques, testbench strategies and design management.

The 3-day Advanced VHDL class is aimed at experienced VHDL users who wish to take their use of the language to a higher level. The course is a consistant mix of lecture and lab-exercises.

A pre-requisite for this course is the Introduction to VHDL course or equivalent experience.

Syllabus

  • Advanced VHDL language topics
  • Access type

  • Dynamic memory allocation
  • Resolution Functions
  • Shared variables
  • Guarded blocks
  • File I/O
  • Behavioral modeling
  • Thinking Behaviorally
  • Basic algorithms
  • Data Structures
  • System modeling
  • Handshaking/protocol techniques
  • Functional Verification
  • Stimulus generation techniques
  • Random stimulus generation
  • LFSR models
  • External files
  • Sweepers
  • Verification using signatures
  • High-level debugging using Monitors
  • Design Management
  • Using Makefiles
  • Automating compilation/verification
  • Source Code Control
  • Intro to RCS

Prerequisites

Our Introduction to VHDL training course or equivalent experience.

Class Dates & Locations

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