Embedded Core Design with FPGAs

A Complete Toolkit for Designing Embedded Cores and Utilizing Those Cores in an Embedded System A landmark guide in digital system design, Embedded Core Design with FPGAs equips today’s computer engineers with everything they need to design embedded cores and apply those cores in a state-of-the-art embedded system. This practical resource brings together logic design, computer architecture, Verilog, FPGAs, Hardware/Software design, and SoCs, explaining how engineers can draw on their computer engineering background to achieve cutting-edge embedded designs. Renowned design expert and educator Zainalabedin Navabi first covers the basics of logic design, RT Level Verilog, computer architectures, and the architecture of modern field programmable devices. He then explores the design of utility cores that are used for high-level core-based designs, with specific focus on existing Altera cores. Finally, he describes higher-end design methodologies, including design of hardware/software systems, CPU configurations, embedded systems, and the utilization of various Altera Nios II processors.Embedded Core Design with FPGAs features:A full array of design aids, including Verilog, FPLD structures, design and programming environments, and software and hardware toolsThe latest embedded system design techniques, including use of high-level integrated environments, SOPC development tools, utilizing existing processor cores, and developing your own customized processorA clear focus on utilizing Altera’s new DE series and UP3 development boards and design software, including SOPC Builder and IDE software design environmentMaster Every Aspect of Embedded Core Design–High-Level Hardware/Software Design Concepts:High-Level System Design MethodologyRT Level Logic DesignRT Level VerilogComputer Hardware and Software Programming LanguagesFPGA Architecture and UtilizationFPGA-Based Design of Embedded Cores:Implementation of Basic Interface ComponentsConfigurable CoresCustom CoresCPU CoresCore-Based System DesignUsing Development Boards for PrototypingSystem Design with Processor Cores:Design with a Customer Embedded CPUEmbedded Core DSP ApplicationEmbedded Microcontroller with Keyboard and Display InterfacesUsing Embedded Design Hardware and Software ToolsNios II ProcessorNios II-Based Hardware/Software System Design