Asdigitalcircuitelementsdecreaseinphysicalsize,resultinginincreasinglycomplexsystems,abasiclogicmodelthatcanbeusedinthecontrolanddesignofarangeofsemiconductordevicesisvital.FiniteStateMachines(FSM)havenumerousadvantages;theycanbeappliedtomanyareas(includingmotorcontrol,andsignalandserialdataidentificationtonameafew)andtheyuselesslogicthantheiralternatives,leadingtothedevelopmentoffasterdigitalhardwaresystems.ThisclearandlogicalbookpresentsarangeofnoveltechniquesfortherapidandreliabledesignofdigitalsystemsusingFSMs,detailingexactlyhowandwheretheycanbeimplemented.Withapracticalapproach,itcoverssynchronousandasynchronousFSMsinthedesignofbothsimpleandcomplexsystems,andPetri–Netdesigntechniquesforsequential/parallelcontrolsystems.ChaptersonHardwareDescriptionLanguagecoverthewidely–usedandpowerfulVerilogHDLinsufficientdetailtofacilitatethedescriptionandverificationofFSMs,andFSMbasedsystems,atboththegateandbehaviourallevels.Throughout,thetextincorporatesmanyreal–worldexamplesthatdemonstratedesignssuchasdataacquisition,amemorytester,andpassiveserialdatamonitoringanddetection,amongothers.AusefulaccompanyingCDoffersworkingVerilogsoftwaretoolsforthecaptureandsimulationofdesignsolutions.Withalinearprogrammedlearningformat,thisbookworksasaconciseguideforthepractisingdigitaldesigner.Thisbookwillalsobeofimportancetoseniorstudentsandpostgraduatesofelectronicengineering,whorequiredesignskillsfortheembeddedsystemsmarket.
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