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Comprehensive Verilog Online
PLEASE NOTE: This is a LIVE INSTRUCTOR-LED training event delivered ONLINE.
It covers the same scope and content as a scheduled in-person class and delivers comparable learning outcomes.
Comprehensive Verilog is a 5 by 6h session training course teaching the application of the Verilog® Hardware Description Language for FPGA and ASIC design. The syllabus covers the Verilog language, coding for register transfer level (RTL) synthesis, developing test fixtures, and using Verilog tools in the FPGA or ASIC design flows. For those interested in FPGA design or prototyping, depending on your choice of FPGA vendor and course venue, we can teach you the complete design flow from writing Verilog source code down to programming a physical FPGA demo board.
The course includes a brief overview of SystemVerilog, but delegates wishing to learn SystemVerilog in depth should attend Comprehensive SystemVerilog or Modular SystemVerilog.
Workshops comprise approximately 50% of class time and are based around carefully designed exercises to reinforce and challenge the extent of learning.
Doulos is an independent company, enabling delegates to receive the benefit of objective tuition while learning in the context of their chosen tool and methodology. Leading tools supported by this course include:
Simulation
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Synthesis
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The course includes specific lab support for tool sets from the leading FPGA vendors including the vendor's native simulation and place-and-route tools.
The tool options available on a specific scheduled course may vary. Preferences can be selected in the booking process. Or please contact Doulos to discuss specific requirements.
Delegates should have a good working knowledge of digital hardware design, or have attended Essential Digital Design Techniques (or equivalent). No previous Verilog knowledge is required.
Doulos Course materials are renowned as the most comprehensive and user friendly available. Their style, content and coverage is unique in the HDL training world and has made them sought after resources in their own right. Course fees include:
If you would prefer a paperback version of your Doulos Golden Reference Guide, this can be purchased from the Doulos online shop.
Introduction to Verilog
What is Verilog? • Scope of Verilog • Design flow for ASICs, CPLDs and FPGAs • Introduction to synthesis • Synchronous design • Timing constraints • Verilog books and internet resources
Modules
Modules & ports • Continuous assignments • Wire assignments • Comments • Names • Nets and strengths • Design hierarchy • Module instances • Primitive instances • Text fixtures • $monitor • Initial blocks • Variables
Nets and Values
Primitives • Wire assignments • Net types • Drive strengths • Logic values • Vectors • Numbers • Truncation • Signed numbers
Formatting, Timescale and Always
Output formatting • Timescales • Always blocks • $stop and $finish • Using wires and registers correctly
Always Blocks
RTL always blocks • Event control • Combinational logic sensitivity • If statements • Begin-end • Incomplete assignment and latches • FPGAs and latches • Unknown and don’t care • Conditional operator • Tristates
Procedural Statements
Case • casez • casex • full_case • parellel_case • For, repeat, while and forever loops • integers • Self-disabling blocks • Combinational logic synthesis
Clocks and Flipflops
Synthesising flip-flops & latches • Avoiding simulation race hazards • Nonblocking assignments • Asynchronous & synchronous resets • Clock enables • Synthesizable always templates • RTL synthesis technology • Inferring flip-flops • Making best use of RTL synthesis
Operators and Parameters
Bitwise, reduction, logical and equality operators • Part selects • Concatenation & replication • Shift registers • Conditional compilation • include • Parameters • localparam • Hierarchical names
FSM Synthesis
State transition diagrams • State machine architectures • FSM timing • Coding FSMs in Verilog • State encoding • One-hot state machines • Unreachable states & safe design practices
Arithmetic and Synthesis
Arithmetic operators and their synthesis • Vector arithmetic • Bit-length of expressions • Signed and unsigned values • Adder architectures • WYSIWYG arithmetic synthesis • Arithmetic optimization • Resource sharing
Tasks, Functions and Memories
Tasks • Task argument passing • Static vs automatic storage • Synthesis of tasks • Functions • Verilog memories • RAM modelling and synthesis • Inference vs instantiation • $readmemb and $readmemh • generate for/if/case •
File I/O
Writing to files • $display • $strobe • $write • $monitor • Opening a closing files • File descriptors • Reading from files • $fscanf • Raw file I/O • $fgets • $fgetc • $fseek • $ftell
Functional Simulation
Design flow through to P&R • Gate-level simulation • Back annotation using SDF.• PLD and ASIC design flow • Verilog libraries • Command-line options • Test benches • Comparing actual vs expected outputs • Behavioural modelling
Behavioural Verilog
Algorithmic coding • real • event control • wait • Named events • Fork & join • External disable • Intra-assignment timing controls • Overcoming clock skew • Continuous procedural assignment • defparam • Hierarchical names
Specialised Topics
Structural Verilog • Using built-in primitives • Gate, net & path delays • Specify blocks • State-dependent delays • Pulse rejection • Cell library modelling • library • liblist • config • The Verilog PLI • PLI applications • PLI routines • The PLI in practice • The VPI
SystemVerilog
Overview of SystemVerilog • Status of SystemVerilog • RTL enhancements • Interfaces • Assertions • Testbenches • C interface
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