Learn FPGA Design With VHDL (Intel/Altera)

Gain a Solid Foundation in VHDL for FPGA Development with Lots of Examples

Created by: L Athukorala
Electronics Engineer

What Will I Learn?

• We will cover the VHDL language and syntax with lots of example projects
• Relate VHDL code to hardware implementation
• Creating FPGA building blocks using VHDL
• Creating State Machines using VHDL
• Creating complex FPGA designs from scratch
• Highlight good design practice & common pitfalls
• Writing Test Benches in VHDL
• Simulate & debug FPGA Designs using ModelSim
• Use the Intel Quartus software to compile and implement projects
• Use Quartus To Perform Pin Assignments
• Programming FPGAs using the USB Blaster
• Using the Quartus Netlist Viewer to view the Hardware Realisation
• Making sense of the Quartus Fitter Reports
• Quartus Assignment Editor
• Quartus Settings, Options & Optimisations
• Basic Introduction to Quartus Timing Analyser
• Implement a UART project that communicates over RS232 with a PC
• Implement a State Machine project
• Implement a 4 Digit 7-Segment Display to print a Count value
• Implement a Project to Create A PWM output
• Implement a Shift Register to Drive LEDs
• Implement a Project to cover Switch De-bouncing and Synchronisation

Requirements

• Fundamentals of digital electronics & logic gates
• Knowledge of binary and hexadecimal number systems

Target audience

• Graduate students looking for a career as an RTL engineer or Design Engineer
• Electronics engineers/hobbyists who want to get into the field of FPGA design
• Those interested in FPGA development who are looking for an introductory course
• Anyone about to embark on their first VHDL design project