OVERVIEW

Welcome to the world of Verilog! Once you read this book, you will join the ranks of the many successful engineers who use Verilog.

I have been using Verilog since 1986 and teaching Verilog since 1987. I have seen many different Verilog courses and many approaches to learning Verilog. This book generally follows the outline of the Verilog class that I teach at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Extension.

The Verilog language has been updated with the IEEE standardization in 1995, and now the update to the standard in 2001. In learning Verilog, it is important to current with the standards, however it should be noted that the Verilog language itself has changed little compared to the tools, workstations and techniques used by designers today vs. 1985. This third edition of Verilog Quickstart has been updated to reflect the current best practices in use today.

This book does not take a "cookie-cutter" approach to learning Verilog, nor is it a completely theoretical book. Instead, it describes some of the formal Verilog syntax and definitions, and shows practical uses. Once we cover most of the constructs of the language, the book examines how style affects the constructs you choose while modeling your design. This text is not intended as a complete and exhaustive reference on Verilog. For a comprehensive Verilog reference, I suggest one of the reference manuals from IEEE, Open Verilog International (OVI) or your tool vendor.

This book does not cover 100% of the Verilog language; it...