Hello NG! I'm learning VHDL, but still have to understand how my VHDL-code will end up as gates and LUTs etc in a FPGA... I did search google, but all I found was some complex sites describing how it worked, so I try this NG. Good links which describes the above for a newbie are highly appreciated! :o) 1) Default-values? I have a signal in my architecture of a entity, which I give a default value, like this: signal counter : std_logic_vector(7 downto 0) := (others => '0'); Will this default value be put in the FPGA as well? Or should I code my architecture as if it could be undefined as default? Maybe it differ from FPGA to FPGA? I'm using a FPGA from the Spartan family. 2) What's happening when I synthesize? Can someone in simple steps describe what is happening when I synthesize, implement design, generate programming file etc. from my VHDL-code? That could be cool! (I'm using a free version of Xilinx ISE, but I guess the terms are general). 3) UCF-files User Constraints Files are mainly (at least for a beginner like me) how my pins of my FPGA are connected to the outer world, right? - and how I attach them to inputs on my entities in my VHDL-code. 4) How is my FPGA "booted"? Now everything has been put in the FPGA and I power up FPGA. Will it automatically start with the default values right away? Should I wait for some time, before my entities starts working as expected? I guess it takes some times to initialize the FPGA? I guess you will refer me to the datasheets of the specific FPGA on this... ;o) I want to know if there are some common things, that you have to consider about this issue. :o) -- SanSaurus
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From VHDL to gates and LUTs (newbie)
by SanSaurus » Wed, 11 Aug 2004 23:59:58 GMT
Re: From VHDL to gates and LUTs (newbie)
by mike_treseler » Fri, 13 Aug 2004 03:20:11 GMT
Usually not. Use a reset input and code specific reset assigments. A netlist is generated that simulates the same as your code. All pins will be 'Z' until the image file is loaded. Next the reset pulse is applied, and outputs will start working the same as the functional simulation. -- Mike Treseler
Re: From VHDL to gates and LUTs (newbie)
by Jeroen » Sat, 14 Aug 2004 08:02:32 GMT
Some synthesizers can provide a schematic view (gates, flipflops, muxs etc) of what they have produced. Jeroen
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