Verilog HDL Basics: Computer Science Dpt. University of Crete, Greece E-Mail: Poisson@
Verilog HDL Basics: Computer Science Dpt. University of Crete, Greece E-Mail: Poisson@
Thanasis Oikonomou
Computer Science Dpt.
University of Crete, Greece
e-mail: [email protected]
October 1998
What is Verilog
• Developed in 1984
Behavioral
Behavioral
RTL
RTL Our focus
Gate
Gate
Layout
Layout(VLSI)
(VLSI)
• Concurrency
• Structure
• Procedural Statements
• Time
• /* Multiple line
comment */
<size>’<radix> <value>
No
Noof of Binary
Binary
bbororBB Consecutive chars
bits Octal o or O Consecutive chars
bits Octal o or O 0-f,
0-f,x,x,zz
Decimal
Decimal
ddororDD
Hexadecimal
Hexadecimal hhororHH
– 8’h ax = 1010xxxx
– 12’o 3zx7 = 011zzzxxx111
• If size is ommitted it
– is inferred from the value or
– takes the simulation specific number of bits or
– takes the machine specific number of bits
wand Y; // declaration
assign Y = A;
A assign Y = B;
Y
B
wor Y; // declaration
assign Y = A;
assign Y = B;
dr
tri Y; // declaration
A Y
assign Y = (dr) ? A : z;
• Declaration
integer i, k;
real r;
• Use as registers (inside procedures)
i = 1; // assignments occur inside procedure
r = 2.9;
k = r; // k is rounded to 3
• Integers are not initialized!!
• Reals are initialized to 0.0
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Time Data Type
• No multi-dimentional arrays
reg var[1:10] [1:100]; // WRONG!!
• Escaped chars:
– \n newline
– \t tab
– %% %
– \\ \
– \“ “
• a = 4’b1010;
b = 4’b1100;
c = a ^ b;
• a = 4’b1010;
b = 2’b11;
• Negative integers:
– can be assigned negative values
– different treatment depending on base specification or not
reg [15:0] regA;
integer intA;
..
intA = -12/3; // evaluates to -4 (no base spec)
intA = -’d12/3; // evaluates to 1431655761 (base spec)
Use parentheses to
enforce your
priority
Top
TopLevel
Level E.g.
Module
Module
Full
FullAdder
Adder
Sub-Module
Sub-Module Sub-Module
Sub-Module
11 22
Half
HalfAdder
Adder Half
HalfAdder
Adder
Basic
BasicModule
Module Basic
BasicModule
Module Basic
BasicModule
Module
11 22 33
f .. // declarations
inN outM .. // description of f (maybe
.. // sequential)
endmodule
A S assign S = A ^ B;
Half assign C = A & B;
Half
B Adder
Adder C
endmodule
cin
module full_adder(sum, cout, in1, in2, cin);
output sum, cout;
input in1, in2, cin;
endmodule
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Hierarchical Names
ha2.A
cin
module
• Inputs reg or net net
module
module
net net
• Inouts
optional
optional net
nettype
type!!!!
• Where to write them:
– inside a module
– outside procedures
• Properties:
– they all execute in parallel
– are order independent
– are continuously active
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Structural Model (Gate Level)
• Usage:
nand (out, in1, in2); 2-input NAND without delay
and #2 (out, in1, in2, in3); 3-input AND with 2 t.u. delay
not #1 N1(out, in); NOT with 1 t.u. delay and instance name
xor X1(out, in1, in2); 2-input XOR with instance name
initial
$display(“I’m first”); Will
Willbebedisplayed
displayed
atatsim
simtime
time00
initial begin
#50;
$display(“Really?”); Will
Willbe bedisplayed
displayed
end atatsim
simtime
time50
50
endmodule
• wait (expr)
always begin
wait (ctrl) execution
executionloops
loopsevery
every
#10 cnt = cnt + 1; time
timectrl
ctrl==11(level
(level
#10 cnt2 = cnt2 + 2; sensitive
sensitivetiming
timingcontrol)
control)
end
d
initial
initial begin
begin
#5
#5 cc == 1;
1; c
#5
#5 bb == 0;
0;
#5 b
#5 dd == c;
c;
end
end
0 5 10 15
Time
Each assignment is
blocked by its previous one
d
initial
initial begin
begin
fork
fork c
#5
#5 cc == 1;
1;
#5 b = 0; b
#5 b = 0;
#5
#5 dd == c;
c;
join 0 5 10 15
join
end
end Time
Assignments are
not blocked here
reg out;
else if (expr2) wire [3:0] in;
wire [1:0] sel;
true_stmt2;
.. always @(in or sel)
if (sel == 0)
else out = in[0];
def_stmt; else if (sel == 1)
out = in[1];
else if (sel == 2)
out = in[2];
else
out = in[3];
endmodule
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Procedural Statements: case
E.g. 4-to-1 mux:
module mux4_1(out, in, sel);
case (expr) output out;
input [3:0] in;
input [1:0] sel;
item_1, .., item_n: stmt1;
reg out;
item_n+1, .., item_m: stmt2; wire [3:0] in;
.. wire [1:0] sel;
reg [3:0] Y;
wire start;
integer i;
initial
Y = 0;
reg [3:0] Y;
wire start;
integer i;
while (expr) stmt;
initial
Y = 0;
E.g.
module count(Y, start);
output [3:0] Y;
input start;
initial
Can
Canbebeeither
eitheran
an Y = 0;
integer
integeror
oraavariable
variable
always @(posedge start)
repeat (4) #10 Y = Y + 1;
endmodule
Typical example:
clock generation in test modules
module test;
endmodule
reg Y;
wire c, clk, res;
res wire n;
c n Y not(n, c); // gate-level
clk
always @(res or posedge clk)
if (res)
Y = 0;
else
Y = n;
endmodule
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System Tasks
Always
Alwayswritten
writteninside
insideprocedures
procedures
• $display(“..”, arg2, arg3, ..); much like printf(), displays formatted string
in std output when encountered
• $monitor(“..”, arg2, arg3, ..); like $display(), but .. displays string each
time any of arg2, arg3, .. Changes
• $stop; suspends sim when encountered
• $finish; finishes sim when encountered
• $fopen(“filename”); returns file descriptor (integer); then, you can use
$fdisplay(fd, “..”, arg2, arg3, ..); or $fmonitor(fd, “..”, arg2, arg3, ..); to
write to file
• $fclose(fd); closes file
• $random(seed); returns random integer; give her an integer as a seed
50ns
50ns
endmodule endmodule
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Parameters (ii)
module top(out, in, clk);
output [1:0] out;
A. input [3:0] in;
A.Implelementation
Implelementation input clk;
without
withoutparameters
parameters(cont.)
(cont.)
wire [1:0] out;
wire [3:0] in;
wire clk;
endmodule
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Parameters (iii)
module top(out, in, clk);
B.
B.Implelementation
Implelementation output [1:0] out;
with input [3:0] in;
withparameters
parameters input clk;
wire [1:0] out;
module dff(Q, D, clk); wire [3:0] in;
wire clk;
parameter WIDTH = 4;
output [WIDTH-1:0] Q; wire [3:0] p_in;
input [WIDTH-1:0] D; wire wu, wd;
input clk;
assign wu = p_in[3] & p_in[2];
reg [WIDTH-1:0] Q; assign wd = p_in[1] & p_in[0];
wire [WIDTH-1:0] D;
wire clk; dff instA(p_in, in, clk);
// WIDTH = 4, from declaration
always @(posedge clk) dff instB(out, {wu, wd}, clk);
Q = D; defparam instB.WIDTH = 2;
// We changed WIDTH for instB only
endmodule
endmodule
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Testing Your Modules
module top_test;
wire [1:0] t_out; // Top’s signals
reg [3:0] t_in;
reg clk;
endmodule
• result:
.. (initial messages)
0 xxxx -> xx
5 0101 -> xx
25 1110 -> xx
30 1110 -> 00
45 1111 -> 00
50 1111 -> 10
70 1111 -> 11
.. (final messages)