1. UNIT 6: Mixed-Type Description
Writing with several styles (data flow, behavioral, structural,..) in the same module
7.1 Why Mixed-Type Description?
Each type (style) has its own advantages. The system can be divided into segments, each segment is described using the most suitable style
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7.2 VHDL User-Defined Type
type week_days is (mon, tues, wed, th, fr, sat, sun);
type states is (S0, S1, S2, S3);
type grades is (A, B, C, D, F, I);
If we write
signal scores : grades;
Then scores can take A, B, C, D, F, or I
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7.3 VHDL Packages
Packages may include type and subtype declarations, constant definitions,
function and procedure, and component declarations.
Listing 7.2 An Example of a VHDL package
library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
package codes is
type op is (add,mul, divide, none);
end;
use work. codes;
entity ALUS2 is
port (a, b: in std_logic_vector(3 downto 0);
cin: in std_logic; opc :in op;
z: out std_logic_vector(7 downto 0);
cout: buffer std_logic);
end ALUS2;
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4. 7.3.1 Implementation of Arrays 7.3.1.1 Single-Dimensional Arrays
a) VHDL
type datavector is array (3 downto 0) of wordarray;
subtype wordarray is std_logic_vector (1 downto 0);
b) Verilog
reg [1:0] datavector[0:3];
This declares an array by the name of datavector; it has 4 elements; each element is 2 bits. An example of this array is:
datavector[0] = 2'b01;
datavector[1] = 2'b10;
datavector[2] = 2'b10;
datavector[3] = 2'b11;
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Example 7.1 Find the greatest among N elements of an Arrays
a) VHDL Description
library IEEE;
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.all;
--Build a package for an array
package array_pkg is
constant N: integer := 4;
--N+1 is the number of elements in the array.
constant M: integer := 3;
--M+1 is the number of bits of each element
--of the array.
subtype wordN is std_logic_vector (M downto 0);
type strng is array (N downto 0) of wordN;
end array_pkg;
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.ALL;
use work.array_pkg.all;
-- The above statement makes the package array_pkg visible in
--this module
-- A program to find the greatest value among elements of an array
entity array1 is
generic (N:integer :=4; M: integer := 3);
--N+1 is the number of elements in the array; M=1 is the
--number of bits of each element.
Port ( a : inout strng; z : out std_logic_vector (M downto 0));
end array1;
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architecture max of array1 is
begin
com: process (a)
variable grtst: word4;
--enter the data of the array.
a <= ("0110", "0111", "0010", "0011", "0001");
grtst := "0000";
lop1: for i in 0 to N loop
if (grtst <= a(i)) then
grtst := a(i);
report " grtst is less or equal than a";
-- use the above report statement if you want to monitor the
--progress of the program
else
report "grtst is greater than a";
-- Use the above report statement to monitor the
end if;
end loop lop1;
z <= grtst;
end process com;
end max;
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b) Verilog Description
module array1( start ,grtst );
parameter N = 4;
parameter M = 3;
input start;
output [3:0] grtst;
reg [M:0] a[0:N];
/*The above statement is declaring an array of N+1 elements; each
element is M bits. */
reg [3:0] grtst;
integer i;
(start)
begin
a [0] = 4'b0110;
a[1] = 4'b0111;
a[2] = 4'b0010;
a[3] = 4'b0011;
a[4] = 4'b0001;
grtst = 4'b0000;
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for (i = 0; i <= N; i= i +1)
begin
if (grtst <= a[i])
grtst = a[i];
$display ( " grtst is less or equal than a");
// use the above statement to monitor the program
end
else
$display ( " grtst is greater than a");
endmodule
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Example 7.2 Multiplication of two signed N-Element Vectors Using Arrays
Listing 7.4
Two-Dimensional Arrays
VHDL allows for multidimensional arrays. Standard Verilog allows only for single dimensional array. In VHDL, two dimensional arrays are described by the use of type statements. For example, the statements:
subtype wordg is integer ;
type singl is array (2 downto 0) of wordg;
type doubl is array (1 downto 0) of single
describe a two dimensional array; each single dimensional array has 3 elements; each element is an integer. An example of such two dimensional array is the array y
y = (( ), ( ))
The elements of the array y are:
y(0)(0) = 7 refers to element 0 of array 0
y(1)(1) = 5 refers to element 1 of array 1
y(2)(0) = 3 refers to element 2 of array 0
y(2)(1) = 10 refers to element 2 of array 0
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Example 7.3 Two-Dimensional Array
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Example 7.4 Matrix Addition +
Listing 7.6
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7.4 Mixed-Type Description Examples
Example 7.5 HDL Description of an Arithmetic-Logic Unit (ALU)
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13. Operation Code (opc) Operation 00 Addition 01 Multiplication
Table7.1
Operation Code (opc) Operation
00 Addition
01 Multiplication
Integer Division
11 No Operation
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Example 7.6 HDL Description of a 16x8 Static RAM.
Listing 7.8
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Table 7.2 Function Table of Static RAM.
CS R_ Data_out Memory function
0 x Z (high impedance) The memory is deselected.
1 1 M (ABUS) This is a read; M refers to
memory locations. contents of memory
location pointed by ABUS is placed on
the output data.
This is a write cycle; data in the
Data_in are stored in M(ABUS)
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Example 7.7 Description of a Finite Sequential State Machine
Listing 7.9
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Case Study HDL Description of a Basic Computer
Listing 7.10
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Summary
Mixed-Type Description has been covered
Packages are an essential construct in VHDL code. It may include:
User-defined types, Components, Functions, and Procedures.
VHDL, in contrast to Verilog, allows for multidimensional arrays.
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