R217-021 : 2001

1 General principles
  1.1 Introduction
  1.2 Recommended reading
  1.3 File management
2 Code layout
  2.1 Naming
  2.2 Commenting
  2.3 Film layout
  2.4 Statement layout
3 Language usage
  3.1 General usage
      3.1.1 Data types
      3.1.2 Packages
      3.1.3 Configurations
      3.1.4 Constants
      3.1.5 Assertions
      3.1.6 Qualified expressions and type conversion
      3.1.7 Interface lists
      3.1.8 Wait statements
      3.1.9 Loops
  3.2 Behavioral usage
      3.2.1 General aspects of a behavioral model
      3.2.2 Data types
      3.2.3 Logic data types
      3.2.4 Naming conventions
      3.2.5 Event and signal handling
      3.2.6 Subprograms
      3.2.7 Variables
      3.2.8 Deferred constants
      3.2.9 Component binding
      3.2.10 Initialization and default values
      3.2.11 Miscellaneous
  3.3 RTL usage
      3.3.1 General aspects of the RTL model
      3.3.2 Data types
      3.3.3 VHDL objects and structural elements
      3.3.4 Process structures
      3.3.5 Subprograms
      3.3.6 Architecture structures
      3.3.7 Configurations
      3.3.8 Loops
      3.3.9 Naming conventions
Annex A: Standard packages
Annex B: References

Provides rules and guidelines for hand-coded VHDL models, with the definitions.