Beginning FPGA: Programming Metal
Apress (Verlag)
978-1-4302-6247-3 (ISBN)
You don't need an electronics engineering degree or even any programming experience to get the most out of Beginning FPGA: Programming Metal. Just bring your curiosity and your Field-Programmable Gate Array. This book is for those who have tinkered with Arduino or Raspberry Pi, and want to get more hands-on experience with hardware or for those new to electronics who just want todive in.
You'll learn the theory behind FPGAs and electronics, including the math and logic you need to understand what's happening - all explained in a fun, friendly, and accessible way. It also doesn't hurt that you'll be learning VHDL, a hardware description language that is also an extremely marketable skill.
What You'll Learn:
Learn what an FPGA is and how it's different from a microcontroller or ASIC
Set up your toolchain
Use VHDL, a popular hardware description language, to tell your FPGA what to be
Explore the theory behind FPGA and electronics
Use your FPGA with a variety of sensors and to talk to a Raspberry Pi
Who This Book is For:
Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and other electronics enthusiasts who want a clear and practical introduction to FPGA.
Aiken Pang was born in Hong Kong in the early 80s just in time for the home micro-computer revolution. He developed an interest in computers after finding an Apple IIe at his uncle's home, installing a TV card, floppy drive and loaded his first game (Pacman) by himself at the age of 10. Since then he has taught himself a number of programming languages and built his own computers from scratch. Aiken followed his passion for computing into more formal studies and holds a BEng in Electronics Engineering and an MSc in Computer Engineering from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell respectively. He has been using VHDL to design hardware in FPGAs for over 10 years. He lives in the USA with his wife France and their daughter Mayah.
Part I: Getting Started with FPGA
1. What is an FPGA and What Can It Do?
2. Our Weapon of Choice
3. Lock and Load
4. Hello World!
Part II: Time out for Theory
5. FPGA Development Timeline
6. VHDL 101
7. Number Theory for FPGAs
8. Telling the Truth: Boolean Algebra and Truth Tables
9. Simplifying Boolean Algebra for FPGA
10. Sequential Logic: IF this, THEN that
11. Combinatorial Logic: Putting it all together on the FPGA
Part III: Let's Make Something!
12. Light Sensors: Turning a Laser Pointer into a Hi-tech Tripwire
13. Temperature Sensors: Is it Hot in Here, or Is It Just Me?
14. How Fast Can You Run? Ask the Accelerometer!
Part IV: Taking It Further: Talking to the Raspberry Pi and LED Displays
15. I2C: Two-way Communications with Your Raspberry Pi
16. Up in Lights: How to Drive LED Segment Displays
| Zusatzinfo | 312 Illustrations, color; 27 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 387 p. 339 illus., 312 illus. in color. |
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| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Netzwerke |
| Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik | |
| Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Hardware | |
| Schlagworte | FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4302-6247-8 / 1430262478 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4302-6247-3 / 9781430262473 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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