ZX_Spectrum
Newbie level 5
I am very new to VHDL and honestly my ride so far with VHDL has been so bumpy.
after trying multiple book I reached a conclusion that it is better for me now to start learning VHDL as a simulation language and put aside the Synthesis part, as Synthesis require a lot of Hardware skills that I am currently not very good at.
I came from software background and absolutely unfamiliar with RTL approach to digital design thus learning the simulation aspects of VHDL seems like the right thing for me at least until I build up the required hardware skills.
And here comes my problem; I have been looking for a good SIMULATION oriented introductory book on VHDL but so far without any success.
It seems like the only book that tackles VHDL from SIMULATION-only point of view is :
The Designer's Guide to VHDL, Third Edition (Systems on Silicon) by Peter J. Ashenden.
It is sure a great book but it just not working out well for me; it seems to me that trying to introduce someone to VHDL using this book is just like introducing someone to Hamburger for the first time by asking him to eat a kilogram of bread and then drinking a whole litter of ketchup and then eating a whole kilogram of minced beef and finally a whole cabbage head and after all of that expecting him to have a good grasp of what hamburger taste like.
sorry for the long explanation but I am just trying to convey the state of frustration I am at right now .
I really hate to give up on VHDL but this attempt is my last hope
after trying multiple book I reached a conclusion that it is better for me now to start learning VHDL as a simulation language and put aside the Synthesis part, as Synthesis require a lot of Hardware skills that I am currently not very good at.
I came from software background and absolutely unfamiliar with RTL approach to digital design thus learning the simulation aspects of VHDL seems like the right thing for me at least until I build up the required hardware skills.
And here comes my problem; I have been looking for a good SIMULATION oriented introductory book on VHDL but so far without any success.
It seems like the only book that tackles VHDL from SIMULATION-only point of view is :
The Designer's Guide to VHDL, Third Edition (Systems on Silicon) by Peter J. Ashenden.
It is sure a great book but it just not working out well for me; it seems to me that trying to introduce someone to VHDL using this book is just like introducing someone to Hamburger for the first time by asking him to eat a kilogram of bread and then drinking a whole litter of ketchup and then eating a whole kilogram of minced beef and finally a whole cabbage head and after all of that expecting him to have a good grasp of what hamburger taste like.
sorry for the long explanation but I am just trying to convey the state of frustration I am at right now .
I really hate to give up on VHDL but this attempt is my last hope