CS223 Laboratory Assignment 2

Full adder, 2-bit adder, lab calculator on FPGA

Lab dates and times:
Section 1: Mon 08:30-12:20 in EA-Z04
Section 2: Tue 08:30-12:20 in EA-Z04
Section 3: Thu 08:30-12:20 in EA-Z04
Section 4: Mon 13:30-17:20 in EA-Z04
Section 5: Fri 08:30-12:20 in EA-Z04
Section 6: Tue 13:30-17:20 in EA-Z04

Location: EA Z04 (in the EA building, straight ahead past the elevators)
Groups: Each student will do the lab individually. Group size = 1

Preliminary Report (30 pts)

In the previous lab, you implemented a Half Adder using gates on the breadboard. In this lab you
will implement very similar circuits, including lab calculator, but this time on the FPGA. Today's
lab needs considerably advanced preparation. You need to learn how to work with Xilinx’s design
toolset before attending the lab. In addition, SystemVerilog models and test benches should be
prepared in advance and assembled neatly into a Preliminary Report with a cover page and pages
for the SystemVerilog codes. Each page should have a proper heading. The content of the report
will be as follows:
(a) A cover page including course code, course name, and section, the number of the lab, your
name-surname, student ID, date.
(b) Circuit schematic for full adder using 2-input XOR, AND, and OR gates (refer to Figure 1).
(c) Circuit schematic for a 2-bit adder made from two full adders (as ready black-boxes, you
don’t need to draw the same things again).
(d) Circuit schematic for lab calculator(you can find the description of lab calculator at page 3)
(e) Behavioral SystemVerilog module for the full adder and a testbench for it.
(f) Structural SystemVerilog module for the full adder and a testbench for it.
(g) Structural SystemVerilog module for the 2-bit adder and a testbench for it. Use the full adder
module you wrote in part (f).
(h) Structural SystemVerilog module for the lab calculator and a testbench for it. (Use your
half-adder, and a half subtractor as the building blocks for your highest level module)
Note that the behavioral model describes the function of a module using Boolean equations and
continuous assignment statements; whereas structural modeling refers to using and combining
simpler pieces of modules (it is an application of hierarchy). You can refer to the slides of Chapter 4
of your textbook in moodle while preparing your modules and test benches.
You will need a copy of your designs and SystemVerilog programs with you to use in the lab.
Therefore, you should get a copy of it before you come to the lab, for your own use.

Additional pre-lab work:

You should read the following documents (available on Moodle) to be familiar with steps of design
flow (Simulation, Synthesis, Implementation, Bitstream Generation, Downloading to FPGA board),
using the Xilinx Vivado tool. You can download, install and practice working with Xilinx Vivado
on your own computer with a free webpack license.
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 ● Suggestions for Lab Success.
● Basys 3 Vivado Decoder Tutorial.
● Vivado Tutorial.
● Basys 3 FPGA Board Reference Manual.

Figure 1: Full Adder

X Y Cin Cout Sum

0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 0 1
0 1 1 1 0
1 0 0 0 1
1 0 1 1 0
1 1 0 1 0
1 1 1 1 1
Figure 2: Truth table of the full adder

Implementation on FPGA (70 pts)

In this step, you implement your modules on FPGA board. You don’t need to connect your Basys 3
board to the Beti board. Working with standalone Basys 3 and having it connected to your computer
is enough for this lab. There are some switches and LEDs available on Basys 3 which you can use
them.
● Create a new Xilinx Vivado Project. Use appropriate names for files and folders, keeping the
project in a directory where you can find it later and erase it (at the end of the lab).
(a) Simulation: Implement the full adder module in behavioral style (preliminary part-e). Then,
using the SystemVerilog testbench code you wrote, verify in simulation that your circuit
works correctly.
(b) Simulation: Implement the full adder module in structural style (preliminary part-f). Then,
using the SystemVerilog testbench code you wrote, verify in simulation that your circuit
works correctly.
(c) Simulation: Implement the 2-bit adder module using two full adders you wrote (preliminary
part-g). Then, using the SystemVerilog testbench code you wrote, verify in simulation that
your circuit works correctly.

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 (d) Simulation: Implement the lab calculator module using a half adder, a half subtractor, an
AND gate, and a Nor gate in structural style (preliminary part-h). Then, using the
SystemVerilog testbench code you wrote, verify in simulation that your circuit works
correctly.
(e) When you are convinced that your codes work correctly, show the simulation results to your
TA. Be prepared to answer questions that you may be asked.
(f) Program the FPGA: Now, follow the Xilinx Vivado design flow to synthesize, implement,
generate a bitstream file, and program 2-bit adder and lab calculator to Basys 3 FPGA
board.
(g) Test your design: Using the switches and LEDs (on Basys 3) that you have assigned in the
constraint file (.xdc), test your designs. When you are convinced that they work correctly,
show the physical implementation results to the TA. Be prepared to answer questions that
you may be asked.

Submit your code for MOSS similarity testing

Finally, when you are done and before leaving the lab, you need to upload the file
StudentID_SectionNumber.txt created in the Implementation with FPGA part. Be sure that the file
contains exactly and only the codes which are specifically detailed above. If you have multiple files,
just copy and paste them in order, one after another inside text file. Check the specifications! Even
if you didn’t finish or didn’t get the SystemVerilog part working, you must submit your code to the
Moodle Assignment for similarity checking. Your codes will be compared against all the other
codes in all sections of the class, by the MOSS program, to determine how similar it is (as an
indication of plagiarism). So be sure that the code you submit is the code that you actually wrote
yourself! All students must upload their code to the ‘Moodle Assignment’ specific for their
sections. Check submission time and don’t miss it before leaving the lab. After taking a backup of
your work, don’t forget to delete it from the computer. Because students of other sections will work
with your system too.

Lab calculator
For this part the module given in Figure 3 will be implemented such that for a given C and D,
outputs Y and Z will be a certain functions of A and B. When C=0 and D=0, the lab calculator acts
as an AND gate, therefore, Y = AB, Z = d (don’t care). When, C=0 and D=1, the first lab calculator
acts as a NOR gate, so Y = (𝐴 + 𝐵), Z = d. When C=1 and D=0, the first lab calculator acts as a
half-adder, Y = sum, Z = Carry out. When C=1 and D=1 the first lab calculator acts as a
half-subtractor, Y = Difference, Z = Borrow out. The function codes are summarized in the table
below.

C D module Y Z
0 0 AND A.B d
0 1 NOR (𝐴 + 𝐵) d
1 0 Half Adder Sum Carry Out
1 1 Half Subtractor Difference Borrow out
Figure 3: Lab calculator

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 C D A B Y Z
0 0 0 0 0 d
0 0 0 1 0 d
0 0 1 0 0 d
0 0 1 1 1 d
0 1 0 0 1 d
0 1 0 1 0 d
0 1 1 0 0 d
0 1 1 1 0 d
1 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 1 1 0
1 0 1 0 1 0
1 0 1 1 0 1
1 1 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 1 1 1
1 1 1 0 1 0
1 1 1 1 0 0
Figure 4: Truth table of the lab calculator

Clean Up
(1) Clean up your lab station, and return all the parts, wires, the Beti trainer board, etc. Leave your
lab workstation for others the way you would like to find it.
(2) CONGRATULATIONS! You are finished with Lab#2 and are one step closer to becoming a
computer engineer.

NOTES
--Advance work on this lab, and all labs, is strongly suggested.
--Be sure to read and follow the Policies for CS223 labs, posted in Moodle.

LAB POLICIES
1. There are three computers in each row in the lab. Don’t use middle computers, unless you are
allowed by lab coordinator.
2. You borrow a lab-board containing the development board, connectors, etc. in the beginning.
The lab coordinator takes your signature. When you are done, return it to his/her, otherwise you
will be responsible and lose points.
3. Each lab-board has a number. You must always use the same board throughout the semester.
4. You must be in the lab, working on the lab, from the time lab starts until you finish and leave.
(bathroom and snack breaks are the exception to this rule). Absence from the lab, at any time, is
counted as absence from the whole lab that day.
5. No cell phone usage during lab. Tell friends not to call during the lab hours--you are busy
learning how digital circuits work !
6. Internet usage is permitted only to lab-related technical sites. No Facebook, Twitter, email,
news, video games, etc--you are busy learning how digital circuits work !

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7. You need to be in lab on time and turn in your preliminary report at the start of the lab.