Verilog Coding - Fundamentals
Start Designing Digital Circuits with Verilog: A Beginner’s Guide
This course is your introduction to Verilog, the essential hardware description language used in digital design. Through a combination of theory and hands-on practice, you'll learn the fundamentals of Verilog coding, including logic gates, data types, and procedural statements. By the end of this course, you'll be able to design, simulate, and implement basic digital circuits using Verilog, setting a strong foundation for advanced digital design projects.
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Created by EDA Academy
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Last updated Sep 2024
Verilog Coding - Fundamentals
USD $49.9
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After this course you will be able to:
- Explore Fundamental Concepts of Logic Design and Circuit Analysis
- Learn Hardware Description Languages and Verilog for Digital System Design
- Master Verilog Data Types for Effective Design Representation
- Use Verilog Operators for Precise Design Implementation
- Describe Design Behavior Using Verilog Procedural Statements
- Apply Verilog Assignments in Combinational and Sequential Logic
- Understand the Verilog Simulation Cycle
- Enhance Code Readability and Reusability with Verilog Subroutines
- Optimize Compilation with Verilog Compiler Directives
This course includes:
- 9 Modules 32 Lectures
- 4.1 hours on-demand video
- 112 Quiz
- Certificate of completion
- Access on mobile and computer
- Ongoing support from EDA Academy
- Further learning plan
Course Content (Preview)
- Introduction to Basic Logic Gates and Simplification Techniques
- Fundamentals of Digital Logic and Sequential Circuit Design
- Design Principles and Key Concepts of Sequential Circuits
- Key Concepts and Benefits of Using HDLs in Digital Design
- Roles, Challenges, and Basics in Verilog HDL Design
- Verilog Module Instantiation, Connections, and Procedural Constructs
- Verilog Timing, Naming, and Simulation Processes
- Verilog Values, Data Types, and Port Rules
- Verilog Vectors
- Verilog Nets
- Verilog Variables, Arrays, and Parameter Management
- Verilog Operators: Bit-Wise, Unary Reduction, Logical, and Arithmetic
- Verilog Operators: Shift, Relational and Equality
- Verilog Operators: Conditional, Concatenation, and Replication
- Module Behavior and Procedural Assignments
- Conditional Statements
- Case Statements
- Loop Statements
- Blocking Assignments
- Nonblocking Assignments
- Continuous Assignments
- Procedural Assignments
- Generate Statement
- Verilog Procedural Blocks and Assignment Types
- Simulation Cycle
- Timing Controls: Event, Level-Sensitive Event, Delay and Timescale
- Verilog Functions
- Verilog Tasks
- Argument Passing, Side Effects, and Variable Access
- Verilog Compiler Directives: Define, Ifdef, and Include
- Verilog Compiler Directives: Timescale, Begin keywords and End keywords
- Verilog Compiler Directives: Pragma and Default nettype
Requirements
This course, "Verilog Coding - Fundamentals," is designed for beginners with a basic understanding of digital logic design. You should be familiar with logic gates like AND, OR, and NOT, as well as basic concepts such as Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps. No prior knowledge of Verilog is required, but it will help if you understand how circuits work and are comfortable with basic programming concepts. A fundamental understanding of digital hardware design and verification is essential. An interest in hardware description languages and digital microelectronics is important, as the course will build on these concepts. To get the most out of this course, it’s recommended that you meet the following prerequisites:
- Familiarity with Boolean algebra, including simplifying logic functions and designing circuits.
- Understanding of digital microelectronics, focusing on the design and verification of digital circuits.
- Familiarity with hardware design principles, such as creating and analyzing digital circuits.
- Familiarity with logic design tools and techniques, for both theoretical and practical applications.
- Knowledge of a procedural programming language will facilitate your learning experience.
Who this course is for
- Students in Electrical Engineering: Looking to gain practical experience in digital design.
- Beginners in Hardware Description Languages: Seeking to learn the basics of Verilog.
- Engineers Transitioning to Digital Design: Interested in mastering Verilog to enhance their career.
- FPGA Developers: Aiming to refine their Verilog coding skills for FPGA projects.
- Designers of Digital Circuits: Interested in formalizing their understanding of Verilog.
- VLSI Design Students: Looking to strengthen their foundation in hardware description languages.
- Computer Science Majors: Eager to explore the hardware side of computing.
- Professionals Working in Embedded Systems: Needing to learn Verilog for project requirements.
- Entry-Level Engineers in Hardware Design: Seeking to improve their practical skills in Verilog.
- ASIC Designers: Aiming to sharpen their Verilog skills for efficient circuit design.
Description
This course is designed to guide you through the essential concepts of Verilog, a powerful hardware description language. Whether you're new to digital design or looking to enhance your skills, this course will provide a solid foundation in Verilog. We’ll explore basic logic gates, learn how to describe hardware using Verilog, and dive into data types, operators, and procedural statements. By the end of this course, you'll be comfortable with Verilog's core features and ready to apply them in your own projects.
In this course, "Verilog Coding - Fundamentals," you'll start by learning the basics of logic design, including essential gates like AND, OR, NAND, and NOR. We'll break down how these gates work and how they are used in creating digital circuits. You’ll also learn how to simplify logic functions using Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps, and how to design circuits using these basic building blocks.
The course then moves on to Verilog, a hardware description language widely used for designing digital systems. We’ll cover the core concepts of Verilog, such as data types, operators, and procedural statements. You’ll get hands-on experience with writing Verilog code and understanding how to use it for designing and simulating digital circuits.
By the end of the course, you'll be well-equipped to use Verilog in your own projects. You’ll have a thorough understanding of how to describe hardware behavior, manage data types, and apply various operators and constructs. This knowledge will be invaluable as you work on more complex designs and simulations in the future.
Learning Objectives
- You'll dive into the basics of logic design, focusing on essential gates like AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, XOR, and XNOR, and how they contribute to creating digital circuits. The course will guide you through designing and analyzing combinational circuits using Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps. Advanced topics include circuit design with NAND and NOR gates, understanding hazards in combinational circuits, and exploring flip-flops used in sequential circuit design. You'll also learn about Mealy and Moore sequential circuits, state equivalence, optimization techniques, key timing considerations, and the role of tristate buffers. You'll be able to apply these principles effectively to design and optimize digital circuits.
- Understand the basics of Hardware Description Languages (HDLs) and how Verilog is used to design digital systems. You'll learn to describe hardware designs using Verilog's core language constructs, including module definition, design hierarchy, and behavior description. The course will also teach you how to synchronize and communicate between different parts of a design using Verilog. Additionally, you'll learn the rules for using identifiers, comments, and whitespace in Verilog code, ensuring you can effectively describe and configure simple designs.
- Discover the different Verilog data types and how to represent values accurately in your designs. You'll learn about logic values, nets, and registers, along with the rules and examples for declaring these types. The course also covers vector declarations, handling truncation and padding, and defining literal values. You'll learn to declare nets, variables, arrays, and module parameters, enabling you to manage values efficiently in your designs.
- Get to know the various Verilog operators that allow for precise control over your design. This includes bit-wise, reduction, arithmetic, shift, relational, logical, and conditional operators. You'll also learn about concatenation and replication operators. You'll be able to apply these operators effectively in your Verilog code to implement accurate and optimized designs.
- Learn to describe design behavior in Verilog using procedural statements. The course will cover procedural blocks like initial and always, as well as event control blocks to manage execution timing. You'll explore procedural assignments, branching statements (if-else, case), and looping statements (for, while, repeat, forever). These tools will help you effectively describe and manage the behavior of your Verilog designs.
- Understand the differences between blocking and nonblocking assignments and their appropriate use in different scenarios. You'll learn about continuous and procedural assignments, understanding their impact on simulation and design behavior. This knowledge will help you make informed choices, ensuring your designs are accurate and efficient.
- Delve into the Verilog simulation cycle to understand how it affects code execution. You'll learn about procedural blocks, different types of assignments, and event controls to minimize risks of indeterminacy and race conditions. The course also covers synchronization techniques, including level-sensitive and delay controls, helping you write reliable Verilog code for simulations.
- Learn to use Verilog subroutines, including functions and tasks, to make your code more readable and reusable. Functions help simplify logic by performing calculations and returning a single result, while tasks can perform more complex operations. You'll also explore common issues such as static variables and argument passing, ensuring you can efficiently manage code complexity.
- Discover how to control and optimize the compilation process of your Verilog code using compiler directives. You'll learn about text substitution, conditional compilation, including external files, setting simulation timescales, and applying pragmas. These directives will enable you to manage the compilation of your Verilog source files more effectively.