Choose the right programmable logic devices and development tools Understand the design, verification, and testing issues Plan schedules and allocate resources efficiently Choose the right programmable logic devices with this guide to the technolog

Choose the right programmable logic devices for your projects with this guide to the proprietary details of the alternative architectures and processes of Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLD) and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA). Engineers learn how to select the appropriate development tools and resources and how to optimize and increase the reliability of the design along with the appropriate use of simulation and testing. Engineering managers will gain insight into how to plan, schedule, and budget a CPLD-based or FPGA-based design.

"Horror Flick," the novel, is about a grade-Z movie called, of course, "Horror Flick." This film's star is Reva Trantini, a peer of Chaney, Lugosi, and Karloff, who died mysteriously during filming. Now his spirit resides in the film and feeds on the lives of its eclectic viewers.

"Horror Flick"'s hero is Brent Wooden, a Clint Eastwood-type, macho detective who is more at ease with deranged killers than evil, demon-possessed material objects. His assistants in this case include Buttonwillow McKittrick, a hippie, brainy, yet peculiarly seductive psychic, Roger Herman, an ultra-low budget film maker with an ultrahigh budget ego, and Billy Bob Henson, a film critic with his nose pointed permanently skyward.

"Horror Flick" is populated with lots of other bizarre and interesting characters, all of whom come into contact with the film, few of whom survive. Brent Wooden follows the string of gruesome and bizarre deaths, hoping to catch this evil spirit and stop it before the film's nationally scheduled broadcast. Will he do it? Will the nation fall victim to the worst catastrophe since disco dancing? Will Brent and Buttonwillow fall in love and live happily ever after? Read the book and find out.

"Horror Flick" is not to be confused with a serious horror novel, a serious mystery novel, a serious romance novel, or any serious work of fiction. It's a fun, satirical romp with lots of elements from lots of genres.

Edward is an average boy with an obsession for collecting things; Dr. Sprechtmachen is the mysterious man next door. They meet, become friends, and blast off to Pluto where they inadvertently start a planet-wide war that they must figure out how to stop.

"Good Intentions" is about a future United States that has become the ultimate nanny state. One man, Winston Jones, is chosen by the mysterious Fairness for EveryBody Society to be the next president because he has the required makeup-ethnic, racial, religious, sexual orientation, etc.-to "fairly represent the diversity of America." The book is his reluctant adventure to discover what America is about and how to get it back to its real values. He comes across many clashing groups including "The Documented," a group of legal aliens that refuse to break the law and thus get no government entitlements. He also comes in contact with Radical Femlamism, a bizarre melding of Radical Feminism and Radical Islam. All along he's tracked by the Freedman Group, a collection of "subversives" who believe in free market capitalism and secretly run businesses without government interference.

This self-study guide came about as the result of the popularity of my textbook, "Verilog Designer's Library." That book is an intermediate to advanced level reference book about the Verilog Hardware Description Language. Shortly after its publication, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) approached me to create an introductory book, based on the Verilog seminar that I give around the world. Over the years I've used the feedback from students to try to make it the best introductory Verilog course available. I hope I've succeeded. If you want to comment, either to congratulate me on the excellent job I've done, to ask a question, to point out a mistake or misconception, to suggest improvements for the future, or simply to complain, please do so. I welcome all feedback. -Bob Zeidman