--------------------------------------------------- -- n-bit Register (ESD book figure 2.6) -- by Weijun Zhang, 04/2001 -- -- KEY WORD: concurrent, generic and range --------------------------------------------------- library ieee ; use ieee.std_logic_1164.all; use ieee.std_logic_unsigned.all; --------------------------------------------------- entity reg is generic(n: natural :=2); port( I: in std_logic_vector(n-1 downto 0); clock: in std_logic; load: in std_logic; clear: in std_logic; Q: out std_logic_vector(n-1 downto 0) ); end reg; ---------------------------------------------------- architecture behv of reg is signal Q_tmp: std_logic_vector(n-1 downto 0); begin process(I, clock, load, clear) begin if clear = '0' then -- use 'range in signal assigment Q_tmp <= (Q_tmp'range => '0'); elsif (clock='1' and clock'event) then if load = '1' then Q_tmp <= I; end if; end if; end process; -- concurrent statement Q <= Q_tmp; end behv; --------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- -- VHDL code for n-bit counter (ESD figure 2.6) -- by Weijun Zhang, 04/2001 -- -- this is the behavior description of n-bit counter -- another way can be used is FSM model. ---------------------------------------------------- library ieee ; use ieee.std_logic_1164.all; use ieee.std_logic_unsigned.all; ---------------------------------------------------- entity counter is generic(n: natural :=2); port( clock: in std_logic; clear: in std_logic; count: in std_logic; Q: out std_logic_vector(n-1 downto 0) ); end counter; ---------------------------------------------------- architecture behv of counter is signal Pre_Q: std_logic_vector(n-1 downto 0); begin -- behavior describe the counter process(clock, count, clear) begin if clear = '1' then Pre_Q <= Pre_Q - Pre_Q; elsif (clock='1' and clock'event) then if count = '1' then Pre_Q <= Pre_Q + 1; end if; end if; end process; -- concurrent assignment statement Q <= Pre_Q; end behv; ----------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- -- VHDL FSM (Finite State Machine) modeling -- (ESD book Figure 2.7) -- by Weijun Zhang, 04/2001 -- -- FSM model consists of two concurrent processes -- state_reg and comb_logic -- we use case statement to describe the state -- transistion. All the inputs and signals are -- put into the process sensitive list. ----------------------------------------------------- library ieee ; use ieee.std_logic_1164.all; ----------------------------------------------------- entity seq_design is port( a: in std_logic; clock: in std_logic; reset: in std_logic; x: out std_logic ); end seq_design; ----------------------------------------------------- architecture FSM of seq_design is -- define the states of FSM model type state_type is (S0, S1, S2, S3); signal next_state, current_state: state_type; begin -- cocurrent process#1: state registers state_reg: process(clock, reset) begin if (reset='1') then current_state <= S0; elsif (clock'event and clock='1') then current_state <= next_state; end if; end process; -- cocurrent process#2: combinational logic comb_logic: process(current_state, a) begin -- use case statement to show the -- state transistion case current_state is when S0 => x <= '0'; if a='0' then next_state <= S0; elsif a ='1' then next_state <= S1; end if; when S1 => x <= '0'; if a='0' then next_state <= S1; elsif a='1' then next_state <= S2; end if; when S2 => x <= '0'; if a='0' then next_state <= S2; elsif a='1' then next_state <= S3; end if; when S3 => x <= '1'; if a='0' then next_state <= S3; elsif a='1' then next_state <= S0; end if; when others => x <= '0'; next_state <= S0; end case; end process; end FSM; -----------------------------------------------------