Digital Chip Design: Verilog and FPGA

What you'll learn

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Write Verilog code to describe and build simple digital circuits from scratch.
Create logic gates, multiplexers, flip-flops, and adders
Build counters, registers, and basic state machines as building blocks for digital systems.
Design and verification of digitial circuits
Creating testbench to simulate and verify circuits
Build simple computers from scratch
Implement simple computers on the Basys3 FPGA
and more . . .

Requirements

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No prior knowledge of Verilog, FPGA design, digital electronics, logic gates, or Boolean algebra is required. We introduce the basics step by step.
A computer with internet access and a web browser to follow the exercises using free online tools such as EDA Playground and Visual Studio Code
No hardware purchase is needed . A Basys 3 FPGA board is only needed if you choose to do the optional FPGA practicals.

Description

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Want to learn how to design digital circuits, but don't want to sit through hours of theory before writing your first line of Verilog? This course takes a practical approach:start by building things, and learn the theory as you go.
Instead of beginning with long lectures on Boolean algebra, logic gates, truth tables, and computer architecture, you will start writing and simulating simple Verilog circuits.
The main focus islearning Verilog-a hardware

Description

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language used to describe digital circuits. Through hands-on exercises, you will discover how your code describes hardware and how that differs from writing ordinary software.
Start with free tools
You can write and simulate Verilog using either
EDA Playground in your browser.
Visual Studio Code with Icarus Verilog on your computer.
Visual Studio Code provides the editor, while Icarus Verilog runs your simulations. For the optional FPGA practicals, we will use theDigilent Basys 3 FPGA development board.
No previous electronics knowledge required
You do not need previous knowledge of
Verilog
FPGAs
Digital electronics
Logic gates
Boolean algebra
Chip design
We introduce these concepts gradually, exactly when you need them.
For example, instead of spending several lectures studying AND, OR, XOR, and NOT gates before doing anything practical, you will write simple Verilog circuits, simulate them, observe their behavior, and then explore the theory behind what you have built.
You will progressively learn to describe circuits such as logic gates, multiplexers, adders, counters, registers, and state machines-fundamental building blocks used in digital systems.
The philosophy of this course is simple
Build first. Understand the theory as you go.
This makes learning Verilog and digital logic more practical, visual, and approachable for beginners.
FPGA is optional
You can complete the main part of the course entirely using free software and simulation tools.
If you want to take your designs onto real hardware, the course also includesoptional FPGA practicals using the Digilent Basys 3.
These lessons show you how to take Verilog designs you have created and simulated on your computer and load them onto programmable hardware. You will use the board's LEDs, switches, buttons, and seven-segment display to interact with your designs and observe their behavior.
Buying a Basys 3 is completely optional. You can skip the FPGA programming lessons and still learn the main Verilog concepts through simulation.
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for absolute beginners who want to
Learn Verilog through practical exercises.
Understand the fundamentals of digital logic.
Explore how code can describe hardware.
Take their first steps toward FPGA development.
Understand how computers work
Build a foundation for further study in digital electronics and computer hardware.
If you have ever wondered how engineers describe circuits using code, this course gives you a practical starting point.
You don't need to understand all the theory before you begin.
Write some Verilog, run a simulation, see what happens-and learn the theory along the way.

Who this course is for

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Absolute beginners who are curious about how digital chips work and want a practical introduction to Verilog and digital circuit design.
Students and self-learners exploring digital electronics, computer hardware, or semiconductor engineering who prefer learning by building and simulating circuits.
Hobbyists and makers who want to get started with FPGA development and try optional projects on the Basys 3 board

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