Ideal for a first course in digital electronics, yet comprehensive enough to be used by students at the senior design projects and professional EET, Digital Design with CPLD Applications and VHDL using programmable logic as the primary vehicle for teaching the reader in the principles of digital design. Immediately after the discussion about the basics of digital (eg, Boolean algebra, logic minimization, combinational and sequential circuits), Digital Design with CPLD Applications and VHDL to introduce readers to the Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs). The next chapter on the design of the MAX + PLUS II environment, the function of combinational logic, arithmetic circuits, latches and flip-flops, PLD architecture, counters and shift registers, and all state machines are based primarily on CPLDs and VHDL programming. Digital Design with CPLD Applications and VHDL also includes a CD-ROM that provides the reader with a complete digital design and a prototype system that can be used at school or at home?.