Complete Digital Design

Here is a book you won't want to be without if it is your desire to design digital systems. Use it to learn from scratch or to refresh your existing skills in digital design: either way, you will find what you are looking for. Author Mark Balch includes excellent introductory 'get started' subjects like basic memory and progresses to such specific tasks as circuit fabrication techniques. The writing is organized and lucid, and in no time you will be showing off your newfound skills.There are four parts to this book, each of which addresses a crucial set of topics necessary for successful digital systems design. A complete discussion of digital logic and microprocessor fundamentals is presented in the first part (Chapters 1 to 6). More advanced computer architecture and logic design topics are covered in Part 2 (Chapters 7 to 11). Part 3 (Chapters 12 to 15) steps back from the purely digital world to focus on the critical analog support circuitry that is important to any viable computing system, while the fundamental topics from the first three parts are tied together in Part 4 (Chapters 16 to 19).Table of Contents Part 1: Digital FundamentalsChapter 1: Digital Logic Chapter 2: Integrated Circuits and the 7400 Logic Families Chapter 3: Basic Computer Architecture Chapter 4: Memory Chapter 5: Serial Communications Chapter 6: Basic Microproprocessors and Microcomputer Elements Part 2: Advanced Digital SystemsChapter 7: Advanced Microprocessor Concepts Chapter 8: High-Performance Memory Technologies Chapter 9: Networking Chapter 10: Logic Design and Finite State Madchines Chapter 11: Programmable Logic Devices Part 3: Analog Basics for Digital SystemsChapter 12: Electrical Fundamentals Chapter 13: Diodes and Transistors Chapter 14: Oerational Amplifiers Chapter 15: Analog Interfaces for Digital Systems Part 4: Digital System Design in PracticeChapter 16: Clock Distribution Chapter 17: Voltage Regulation and Power Distribution Chapter 18: Signal Integrity Chapter 19: Designing for Success Appendix A: Further Education Index