Incorporating new CPLD integrated circuit technology to teach digital principles, Digital Fundamentals: Experiments and Concepts with CPLDs by Leo Chartrand allows students to learn digital principles with just a basic understanding of electrical circuits. The book presents concepts in a systematic and progressive format that creates a positive learning environment where students can feel confident about their abilities.
Of the book's 20 labs, 16 teach fundamental digital concepts and apply these concepts in experiments. The final four labs are design projects that test a student’s ability to apply the learned knowledge. The book includes a CD-ROM that contains animated PowerPoint presentations that students can use to review digital concepts as well as VHDL code. The CD-ROM also includes MAX+PLUS® II Student Edition software version 10.2.
More about this book:
- Designed to allow schools to purchase the affordable Altera® UP2 educational board and begin using it immediately in a lab. Older, more expensive transistor-to-transistor logic (TTL) technology training kits can be discarded.
- Using CPLD technology reduces wiring complexity and allows students to concentrate solely on the principles of digital technology, making younger, less experienced students and hobbyists alike able to study digital concepts.
- Instructors will be able to manage a larger lab group using this resource because the new technology it incorporates is simpler to analyze.
- The book can stand on its own as a single source of information. A separate text is not required to learn digital principles.
- Labs can performed on both MAX® and FLEX 10K® devices.
MAX+PLUS II software is a fully integrated design environment that offers unmatched flexibility and performance. The intuitive graphical interface is complemented by complete and instantly accessible online documentation, which makes learning and using MAX+PLUS II software quick and easy. MAX+PLUS II version 10.2 Student Edition software offers the following features:
- Operates on stand-alone PCs running Windows 95/98, and Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0
- Design entry includes graphical and text-based, including the Altera Hardware Description Language (AHDL), VHDL, and Verilog HDL
- Design compilation for product-term and look-up table (LUT)-based device architectures, with device support for members of the Altera FLEX 10K, FLEX® 6000, MAX 7000, and MAX 7000S device families
- Design verification with full timing and functional simulation
