Digital Design Principles and Practices, Third Edition
John F. Wakerly
Consulting Professor, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Vice President, Engineering, Cisco Systems

HIGHLIGHTS

COURSES: Appropriate for a first or second course in digital logic design.

BASIC APPROACH: This newly revised book blends academic precision and practical experience in an authoritative introduction to basic principles of digital design and practical requirements in both board-level and VLSI systems. With over twenty years of experience in both industrial and university settings, the author covers the most widespread logic design practices while building a solid foundation of theoretical and engineering principles for students to use as they go forward in this fast moving field.

FEATURES:

• NEW -- Early coverage of modern CMOS logic families, including low voltage and LVCMOS/LVTTL.
• NEW -- Coverage of Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs) and Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs).
• NEW -- Earlier introduction of HDL-based digital design.
• NEW -- HDL coverage and examples include VHDL as well as ABEL.
• NEW -- Programming examples written in C rather than Pascal.
• NEW -- Faster progression through non-automated methods such as Karnaugh maps and state-machine synthesis.
• NEW -- Description of automated methods including simulation and synthesis.
• NEW -- More and larger design examples.
• NEW -- Drill problems and exercises.
• NEW -- Includes CD-ROMs with the complete Xilinx Foundation 1.5 (Student Edition), including schematic entry, ABEL, VHDL, and Verilog compilers, simulator, and documentation.
• NEW -- Instructor's web site including:

  o Individual, importable files for all figures and tables

  o Drill and exercise solutions

  o Supplementary exercise solutions

  o Sample exams and solutions

• NEW -- Student's web site including:

  o Source files for all ABEL, VHDL, and C examples

  o Foundation 1.5 schematics for large examples

  o Supplementary exercises

  o Updated references and web links

  o Appendices including "Electrical Circuits Review" and "IEEE Standard Symbols"

  o Up-to-date errata

  o Dirty pictures (are you still with me?)

• And, as usual,

  o easy-to-follow, practical writing style and extensive use of illustrations

  o high-quality, user-friendly color production

  o a lot of bad jokes and a few good ones

Preliminary Table of Contents

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