Title :
The impact of hardware description languages on the education of hardware design
Author :
Navab, Zainalabedin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
The author describes hardware description languages (HDLs) and various levels of abstraction. He then examines applications of these languages for teaching purposes. This is illustrated by use of examples in commonly used teaching HDLs. The VHSIC HDL (VHDL) and the possibility of its being used as a teaching tool are described. The requirements for a small hardware oriented subset of VHDL are also discussed
Keywords :
circuit CAD; education; electronic engineering computing; logic CAD; specification languages; teaching; AHPL; CAD; VHDL; VHSIC HDL; computer aided design; education; hardware description languages; hardware design; teaching tool; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Computer science education; Design engineering; Digital circuits; Digital systems; Documentation; Hardware design languages; Program processors;
Conference_Titel :
University/Government/Industry Microelectronics Symposium, 1989. Proceedings., Eighth
Conference_Location :
Westborough, MA
DOI :
10.1109/UGIM.1989.37342
