Peter D. Minns – författare

As digital circuit elements decrease in physical size, resulting in increasingly complex systems, a basic logic model that can be used in the control and design of a range of semiconductor devices is vital. Finite State Machines (FSM) have numerous advantages; they can be applied to many areas (including motor control, and signal and serial data identification to name a few) and they use less logic than their alternatives, leading to the development of faster digital hardware systems.  This clear and logical book presents a range of novel techniques for the rapid and reliable design of digital systems using FSMs, detailing exactly how and where they can be implemented.   With a practical approach, it covers synchronous and asynchronous FSMs in the design of both simple and complex systems, and Petri-Net design techniques for sequential/parallel control systems. Chapters on Hardware Description Language cover the widely-used and powerful Verilog HDL in sufficient detail to facilitate the description and verification of FSMs, and FSM based systems, at both the gate and behavioural levels. Throughout, the text incorporates many real-world examples that demonstrate designs such as data acquisition, a memory tester, and passive serial data monitoring and detection, among others. A useful accompanying CD offers working Verilog software tools for the capture and simulation of design solutions. With a linear programmed learning format, this book works as a concise guide for the practising digital designer. This book will also be of importance to senior students and postgraduates of electronic engineering, who require design skills for the embedded systems market.

DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN USING FSMS Explore this concise guide perfect for digital designers and students of electronic engineering who work in or study embedded systemsDigital System Design using FSMs: A Practical Learning Approach delivers a thorough update on the author’s earlier work, FSM-Based Digital Design using Verilog HDL. The new book retains the foundational content from the first book while including refreshed content to cover the design of Finite State Machines delivered in a linear programmed learning format. The author describes a different form of State Machines based on Toggle Flip Flops and Data Flip Flops.The book includes many figures of which 15 are Verilog HDL simulations that readers can use to test out the design methods described in the book, as well as 19 Logisim simulation files with figures. Additional circuits are also contained within the Wiley web folder. It has tutorials and exercises, including comprehensive coverage of real-world examples demonstrated alongside the frame-by-frame presentations of the techniques used.In addition to covering the necessary Boolean algebra in sufficient detail for the reader to implement the FSM based systems used in the book, readers will also benefit from the inclusion of:A thorough introduction to finite-state machines and state diagrams for the design of electronic circuits and systemsAn exploration of using state diagrams to control external hardware subsystemsDiscussions of synthesizing hardware from a state diagram, synchronous and asynchronous finite-state machine designs, and testing finite-state machines using a test-bench moduleA treatment of the One Hot Technique in finite-state machine designAn examination of Verilog HDL, including its elementsAn analysis of Petri-Nets including both sequential and parallel system designSuitable for design engineers and senior technicians seeking to enhance their skills in developing digital systems, Digital System Design using FSMs: A Practical Learning Approach will also earn a place in the libraries of undergraduate and graduate electrical and electronic engineering students and researchers.