Fundamentals of Digital Logic with VHDL Design teaches the basic design techniques for logic circuits. It emphasizes
the synthesis of circuits and explains how circuits are implemented in real chips. Fundamental concepts are illustrated
by using small examples, which are easy to understand. Then, a modular approach is used to show how larger circuits
are designed.
VHDL is used to demonstrate how the basic building blocks and larger systems are defined in a hardware description
language, producing designs that can be implemented with modern CAD tools. The book emphasizes CAD through the
use of Altera's Quartus II CAD software, a state-of-the-art digital circuit design package. This software produces
automatic mapping of designs written in VHDL into Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and Complex Programmable
Logic Devices (CPLDs).