Digital Electronics and Design with VHDL

15 Finite State Machines

Chapter Contents

15.1 Finite State Machine Model

15.2 Design of Finite State Machines

15.3 System Resolution and Glitches

15.4 Design of Large Finite State Machines

15.5 Design of Finite State Machines with Complex Combinational Logic

15.6 Multi-Machine Designs

15.7 Generic Signal Generator Design Technique

15.8 Design of Symmetric-Phase Frequency Dividers

15.9 Finite State Machine Encoding Styles

15.10 Exercises

15.11 Exercises with VHDL

Objective:

This chapter concludes the study of sequential circuits (initiated in chapter 13). A formal design procedure, called finite state machine (FSM), is here introduced and extensively used. The FSM approach is very helpful in the design of sequential systems whose operation ...