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Foundation HDL Editor: ABEL state diagram template gives grounded outputs.
Record #2110
Product Family: Software
Product Line: Aldec
Product Part: Foundation HDL Editor
Product Version: 2.55
Problem Title:
Foundation HDL Editor: ABEL state diagram template gives grounded outputs.
Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard
General Description:
Selecting the state-machine language template (Tools ->
Language Assistant -> Templates -> Language Templates ->
definition constructions -> state diagram) and using the
template in an ABEL design results in constantly low outputs
during simulation.
Solution 1:
The first defined state contains an error, and the
state_diagram section of the template is incomplete.
In the state_diagram section, the description of S0 is
incorrect as the machine remains in S0 not only if Clr=1 but
also if Dir=1. It should progress to S1 if Dir=1.
By default, all flip-flop outputs will initially be low. This
is defined as state S15 in the declarations section. However,
S15 is not listed in the state_diagram section and therefore
the flip-flops remain in their current state with their
outputs low.
After including the template into your ABEL code, change it
to the following to achieve the expected results.
Module statmach
Title 'Up/Down Counter with Synchronous Clear'
Declarations
Clk pin;
Clr,Dir pin;
Q3..Q0 pin istype 'reg';
" Counter States
S0 = ^b1111; S4 = ^b1011; S8 = ^b0111; S12= ^b0011;
S1 = ^b1110; S5 = ^b1010; S9 = ^b0110; S13= ^b0010;
S2 = ^b1101; S6 = ^b1001; S10= ^b0101; S14= ^b0001;
S3 = ^b1100; S7 = ^b1000; S11= ^b0100; S15= ^b0000;
CNT = [Q3,Q2,Q1,Q0];
Equations
CNT.CLK = Clk;
State_diagram [Q3,Q2,Q1,Q0]
State S0: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S1
else S9;
State S1: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S2
else S0;
State S2: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S3
else S1;
State S3: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S4
else S2;
State S4: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S5
else S3;
State S5: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S6
else S4;
State S6: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S7
else S5;
State S7: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S8
else S6;
State S8: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S9
else S7;
State S9: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S10
else S8;
State S10: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S11
else S8;
State S11: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S12
else S10;
State S12: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S13
else S11;
State S13: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S14
else S12;
State S14: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S15
else S13;
State S15: if Clr then S0
else if Dir then S0
else S13;
End statmach
End of Record #2110 - Last Modified: 04/29/99 13:24 |
