Best Books To Learn Verilog HDL

I'm looking for a book that teaches digital logic design using verilog. I found this book, but I think it's not the best for me. It just puts the truth table, and write the Verilog code without any testbench, and then the schematic, all without further explanations (like on the syntax of Verilog, and why we use what we used, ...etc.

What I'm looking for is something that explains the digital logic circuits (like full adders for example, and the flip flops, the ripple counters, ... etc) and then implement these circuits and test them using Verilog HDL including the test benches.

I know there are good books on Digital Logic Design alone, but it would be nice to find a book that teaches both at the same time.

Thanks

David83 said:

I'm looking for a book that teaches digital logic design using verilog. I found this book, but I think it's not the best for me. It just puts the truth table, and write the Verilog code without any testbench, and then the schematic, all without further explanations (like on the syntax of Verilog, and why we use what we used, ...etc.

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Well of course it's not useful for you...

This book is designed to serve as a hands-on professional reference with additional utility as a textbook for upper undergraduate and some graduate courses in digital logic design.

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You should be looking for an elementary book for undergraduates in digital design.

Something more like: Digital Design with RTL Design, VHDL, and Verilog 2nd Edition
by Frank Vahid (Author)
I've never looked at this book, so I'm only basing this on Amazon recommendations.

I learned digital design with a book I believe was called "Fundamentals of Logic Design" (which now looks to be in it's 7th edition) and the class notes of our professor. I'm pretty sure I borrowed that book from a friend back when it was in it's 1st or 2nd edition (I don't own any logic design books). I learned Verilog on the job by reading the book "The Verilog Hardware Description Language" by Thomas & Moorby (of course I'd been designing digital logic boards for 6-7 years by that time).

Thanks. I'll have a look on the books you suggested.

The book Digital Design by Morris Mano in his subtitle says: With an introduction to Verilog HDL
So you may want to look to that book first, and then try some more in depth books.
I think that is the very basic one with very little VHDL but may help if you had not had an introductory course in digital electronics.

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I learned Verilog on the job by reading the book "The Verilog Hardware Description Language" by Thomas & Moorby (of course I'd been designing digital logic boards for 6-7 years by that time).

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I am also starting to study VHDL, do you recommend that book to someone who had a coruse in Digital electronics and who has not seen VHDL ?

Just a warning that hardware description languages are just that. Learning the language and understanding how to design hardware are two different things. Keep your eyes open to this fact. There are many thing which can be perfectly valid from a language point of view which may describe completely invalid hardware (and will result in all sorts of confusing error messages from your tools).

I suggest Altera's "Advanced Synthesis Cookbook" as well as many of Xilinx's user guides. This will show you practical concerns in FPGA designs, and will provide you with insight into how synthesis tools work.

VHDL is more common on these forums. You should check to see if it is common in your region.