Perancangan Sistem Elektronika (dgn VHDL)

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About VHDL
VHDL = VHSIC Hardware Description Language, VHSIC = Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Describes the behavior of an electronic circuit and system, and attained (implemented) the physical circuit and system IEEE 1076 Standard, and IEEE 1164 Standard Circuit synthesis and simulation (not all construct are synthesizable) Application:
PLD (Programmable Logic Devices) : CPLD (Complex PLD), and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuit)

Statement are inherently concurrent (parallel), referred as a code rather than program Only statements inside PROCESS, FUNCTION, or PROCEDURE are execute sequentially

Design Flow

file with the extension .vhd and the same name as its ENTITYs name

 The first step in the synthesis process is compilation.

Compilation is the conversion of the high-level VHDL language, which describes the circuit at the Register Transfer Level (RTL), into a netlist at the gate level.

The second step is optimization, which is performed on the gate-level netlist for speed or for area.
At this stage, the design can be simulated.

Finally, a place-and-route (fitter) software will generate the physical layout for a
PLD/FPGA chip or will generate the masks for an ASIC.

There are several EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools available for circuit synthesis, implementation, and simulation using VHDL.

Menterjemahkan Rangkaian ke Kode VHDL atau sebaliknya

Full-adder diagram and truth table.

Contoh VHDL code for the full-adder unit

 ENTITY, which is a description of the pins (PORTS) of the circuit, and of an ARCHITECTURE, which describes how the circuit should function. sum bit is computed as s a b c cin cout is obtained from cout = a.b + a.cin + b.cin. there are several ways of implementing the equations described in the ARCHITECTURE

if our target is a programmable logic device (PLD or FPGA ), then two possible results (among many others) for cout are illustrated in figures (b)~(c) (in both, of course, cout = a.b + a.cin + b.cin). if our target technology is an ASIC, then a possible CMOS implementation, at the transistor level, is that of figure (d) (which makes use of MOS transistors and clocked domino logic).

Hasil simulasi dari desain VHDL

1. the input pins (characterized by an inward arrow with an 1 marked inside) 2. and the output pins (characterized by an outward arrow with an 0 marked inside) are those listed in the ENTITY

Code Structure
comprise a piece of VHDL code: LIBRARY declarations, ENTITY, and ARCHITECTURE. Fundamental VHDL units

LIBRARY declarations: Contains a list of all libraries to be used in the design. For example: ieee, std, work, etc. ENTITY: Specifies the I/O pins of the circuit. ARCHITECTURE: Contains the VHDL code proper, which describes how the circuit should behave (function). A LIBRARY is a collection of commonly used pieces of code. Placing such pieces inside a library allows them to be reused or shared by other designs. code biasanya ditulis dalam bentuk FUNCTIONS, PROCEDURES, or COMPONENTS, yang ditempatkan dalam PACKAGES, dan selanjutnya di compile kedalam library destinasi

Library Declarations
To declare a LIBRARY (that is, to make it visible to the design) two lines of code are needed, one containing the name of the library, and the other a use clause, as shown in the syntax below.
LIBRARY library_name; USE library_name.package_name.package_parts;

 At least three packages, from three different libraries, are usually needed in a design: ieee.std_logic_1164 (from the ieee library), standard (from the std library), and work (work library).

Fundamental sections of a basic VHDL code

Fundamental parts of a LIBRARY.

 Their declarations are as follows:

LIBRARY ieee; -- A semi-colon (;) indicates USE ieee.std_logic_1164.all; -- the end of a statement or LIBRARY std; -- declaration, while a double USE std.standard.all; -- dash (--) indicates a comment. LIBRARY work; USE work.all; only the ieee library must be explicitly written

only necessary when the STD_LOGIC (or STD_ULOGIC) data type is employed in the design

 the ieee library contains several packages std_logic_1164: Specifies the STD_LOGIC (8 levels) and STD_ULOGIC (9 levels) multi-valued logic systems. std_logic_arith: Specifies the SIGNED and UNSIGNED data types and related arithmetic and comparison operations. It also contains several data conversion functions, which allow one type to be converted into another: conv_integer(p), conv_unsigned(p, b), conv_signed(p, b), conv_std_logic_vector(p, b). std_logic_signed: Contains functions that allow operations with STD_LOGIC_VECTOR data to be performed as if the data were of type SIGNED. std_logic_unsigned: Contains functions that allow operations with STD_LOGIC_VECTOR data to be performed as if the data were of type UNSIGNED.

ENTITY
ENTITY is a list with specifications of all input and output pins (PORTS) of the circuit. Its syntax ;

Signal modes.

NAND gate.

ENTITY nand_gate IS
PORT (a, b : IN BIT;

x : OUT BIT); END nand_gate; Arti dari ENTITY tersebut adalah: the circuit has three I/O pins, being two inputs (a and b, mode IN) and one output (x, mode OUT). All three signals are of type BIT. The name chosen for the entity was nand_gate.

ARCHITECTURE
ARCHITECTURE is a description of how the circuit should behave (function). Its syntax is the following: ARCHITECTURE architecture_name OF entity_name IS [declarations] BEGIN (code) END architecture_name; an architecture has two parts:
a declarative part (optional), where signals and constants (among others) are declared, and the code part (from BEGIN down).

Like in the case of an entity, the name of an architecture can be basically any name (except VHDL reserved words), including the same name as the entitys.

 Contoh : architecture NAND gate

ARCHITECTURE myarch OF nand_gate IS BEGIN x <= a NAND b; END myarch; Architecture mempunyai arti sbb:

the circuit must perform the NAND operation between the two input signals (a, b) and assign (<=) the result to the output pin (x). x). The name chosen for this architecture was myarch. In this example, there is no declarative part, and the code contains just a single assignment.

DFF with asynchronous reset.

D-type flip-flop (DFF), triggered at the rising-edge of the clock signal (clk), and with an asynchronous reset input (rst). When rst = 1, the output must be turned low, regardless of clk. Otherwise, the output must copy the input (that is, q <=d) at the moment when clk changes from 0 to 1 (that is, when an upward event occurs on clk).

 There are several ways of implementing the DFF of figure 2.5, one being the solution presented below. One thing to remember, however, is that VHDL is inherently concurrent (contrary to regular computer programs, which are sequential), So to implement any clocked circuit (flip-flops, for example) we have to force VHDL to be sequential. This can be done using a PROCESS, as shown below.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

--------------------------------------LIBRARY ieee; USE ieee.std_logic_1164.all; --------------------------------------ENTITY dff IS PORT ( d, clk, rst: IN STD_LOGIC; q: OUT STD_LOGIC); END dff; --------------------------------------ARCHITECTURE behavior OF dff IS BEGIN PROCESS (rst, clk) BEGIN IF (rst='1') THEN q <= '0'; ELSIF (clk'EVENT AND clk='1') THEN q <= d; END IF; END PROCESS; END behavior; ---------------------------------------

Lines 23: Library declaration (library name and library use clause). Recall that the other two indispensable libraries (std and work) are made visible by default. Lines 58: Entity dff. Lines 1020: Architecture behavior. Line 6: Input ports (input mode can only be IN). In this example, all input signals are of type STD_LOGIC. Line 7: Output port (output mode can be OUT, INOUT, or BUFFER). Here, the output is also of type STD_LOGIC. Lines 1119: Code part of the architecture (from word BEGIN on). Lines 1219: A PROCESS (inside it the code is executed sequentially). Line 12: The PROCESS is executed every time a signal declared in its sensitivity list changes. In this example, every time rst or clk changes the PROCESS is run. Lines 1415: Every time rst goes to 1 the output is reset, regardless of clk (asynchronous reset). Lines 1617: If rst is not active, plus clk has changed (an EVENT occurred on clk), plus such event was a rising edge (clk = 1), then the input signal (d) is stored in the flip-flop (q <= d). Lines 15 and 17: The <= operator is used to assign a value to a SIGNAL. In contrast, := would be used for a VARIABLE. All ports in an entity are signals by default. Lines 1, 4, 9, and 21: Commented out (recall that - - indicates a comment). Used only to better organize the design.

Simulation results:

Latihan & Tugas

1. DFF + NAND Gate & Hasil simulasinya

 the output should be equal to one of the inputs if sel = 01 (c = a) or sel 10 (c = b), but it should be 0 or Z (high impedance) if sel = 00 or sel = 11, respectively.

1. --------------------------------------2. LIBRARY ieee; 3. USE _________________________ ; 4. --------------------------------------5. ENTITY mux IS 6. PORT ( __ , __ : ___ STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (7 DOWNTO 0); 7. sel : IN ____________________________ ; 8. ___ : OUT STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (7 DOWNTO 0)); 9. END _____ ; 10. --------------------------------------11. ARCHITECTURE example OF _____ IS 12. BEGIN 13. PROCESS (a, b, ____ ) 14. BEGIN 15. IF (sel = "00") THEN 16. c <= "00000000"; 17. ELSIF (__________) THEN 18. c <= a; 19. _____ (sel = "10") THEN 20. c <= __; 21. ELSE 22. c <= (OTHERS => '__'); 23. END ___ ; 24. END _________ ; 25. END _________ ; 26. ---------------------------------------

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