Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Waterloo

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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Waterloo

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

% -
' 12&

' 
&

  

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 "6;,

% ,--
,&

% +,


% &/ieee 
std_logic_1164 ,$

LIBRARY ieee;

USE ieee.std_logic_1164.ALL;

  (

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/"*,"
% 
-J9&

% ./


% .--

Entity

1 Co n
n f ig
Configuration 2

tio u ra
a tio
ur n n
ig
nf
Co

Architecture 1 … Architecture n

Architecture 2

  +

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% .G/

% &$
3" 
;" .9

:" .
&

% =

  -

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% &$

ENTITY entity_name IS
GENERIC(
generic_1_name : generic_1_type;
generic_2_name : generic_2_type;
generic_n_name : generic_n_type
);
PORT(
port_1_name : port_1_dir port_1_type;
port_2_name : port_2_dir port_2_type;
port_n_name : port_n_dir port_n_type
);
END entity_name;

  .

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 282")"

% &/
.<$

ENTITY andgate IS
PORT ( a : IN std_logic;
b : IN std_logic;
c : OUT std_logic );
END andgate;

4!2<

+?-
9
"

  

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% +$
' --K
' .&&
' 

% +$ 4!2<
IN 
OUT  .
LM
INOUT > "
BUFFER >

  

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 6$"%

% 338C9344:,&

' /)
std_logic_1164 ,
' &
)$
std_logic
std_logic_vector(<max> DOWNTO <min>)

  

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

% 

% */-&
&)&
$
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' .
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ARCHITECTURE architecture_name OF entity_name IS

BEGIN
-- Insert VHDL statements to assign outputs to
-- each of the output signals defined in the
-- entity declaration.
END architecture_name;

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.<$

ARCHITECTURE synthesis1 OF andgate IS

BEGIN
c <= a AND b;
END synthesis1;

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.<"

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% (

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

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

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&

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,&

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' 9 4

  .

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$

3 9
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*6 N0G  NZG

% !&

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G N-G !,6 NLG
*3 N1G !, ,& NWG
*6 N0G  NZG
* ,& NXG

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

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
std_ulogic
std_ulogic_vector( <max> DOWNTO <min>)

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std_logic
std_logic_vector( <max> DOWNTO <min> )

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  #

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BIT >- 
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LIBRARY ieee;
USE ieee.std_logic_1164.ALL;

ENTITY simple_buffer IS
PORT ( din : IN std_logic;
dout : OUT std_logic );
END simple_buffer;

ARCHITECTURE behavioural1 OF simple_buffer IS

BEGIN
dout <= din AFTER 10 ns;
END behavioural1;

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SIGNAL a, b, c : std_logic;
SIGNAL avec, bvec, cvec : std_logic_vector(7 DOWNTO 0);

-- Concurrent Signal Assignment Statements

-- NOTE: Both a and avec are produced concurrently
a <= b AND c;
avec <= bvec OR cvec;

-- Alternatively, signals may be assigned constants

a <= ’0’;
b <= ’1’;
c <= ’Z’;
avec <= "00111010"; -- Assigns 0x3A to avec
bvec <= X"3A"; -- Assigns 0x3A to bvec
cvec <= X"3" & X"A"; -- Assigns 0x3A to cvec

  #-

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SIGNAL a, b, c, d :std_logic;
SIGNAL avec :std_logic_vector(1 DOWNTO 0);
SIGNAL bvec :std_logic_vector(2 DOWNTO 0);

-- Conditional Assignment Statement

-- NOTE: This implements a tree structure of logic gates
a <= ’0’ WHEN avec = “00” ELSE
b WHEN avec = “11” ELSE
c WHEN d = ’1’ ELSE
’1’;

-- Selected Signal Assignment Statement

-- NOTE: The selection values must be constants
bvec <= d & avec;
WITH bvec SELECT
a <= ’0’ WHEN “000”,
b WHEN “011”,
c WHEN “1--”, -- Some tools won’t synthesize ‘-’ properly
’1’ WHEN OTHERS;

  #.

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SIGNAL a :std_logic;
SIGNAL avec, bvec :std_logic_vector(7 DOWNTO 0);

-- Selected Signal Assignment Statement

-- NOTE: Selected signal assignments also work
-- with vectors
WITH a SELECT
avec <= “01010101” WHEN ’1’,
bvec WHEN OTHERS;

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