4.1 OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the chapter are to:
- Describe VHDL language programming
- Describe CAD tools for digital system design
- Describe hardware description languages
- Provide a history of hardware description languages
- Define VHDL
- Describe the VHDL programming structure
- Define entity
- Define architecture
- Describe VHDL data types
- Describe VHDL operators
- Describe Signal and generate statements
- Describe sequential statements
- Describe loops and decision-making statements
- Describe Subcircuit design
- Describe package and component statements