1.1 Prerequisites

You need a basic understanding of Python to use MyHDL. If you don't know Python, you will take comfort in knowing that it is probably one of the easiest programming languages to learn ^1.1. Learning Python is also one of the better time investments that engineering professionals can make ^1.2.

For beginners, http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/tut.html is probably the best choice for an on-line tutorial. For alternatives, see http://www.python.org/doc/Newbies.html.

A working knowledge of a hardware description language such as Verilog or VHDL is helpful.

### Code examples in this manual are shortened for clarity. Complete executable examples can be found in the distribution directory at example/manual/

Footnotes

... learn ^1.1

You must be bored by such claims, but in Python's case it's true.

... make ^1.2

I am not biased.

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