Verilog - FloatingPoint
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#2432049
Hi, i want to create a sinus generator in verilog. My problem is that i dont know how i can connect the output of my module with a floating point number. Perhaps someone can give me an small example how to work with floating point and the output. I tried to use "real" but i dont work as output. Greetings
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#2432105
You should look at a CORDIC core to generate a Sine Wave. > i want to create a sinus generator in verilog. What is your actual problem? Do you want to do DDFS? Then the usual way is to read values out of a sins table. The other way would be a cordic calculation. > I tried to use "real" but i dont work as output. Real numbers are not for snthesis. You can use them for testbenches, but you will encounter problem with them on real hardware...
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#2432205
I'd suggest you get the datasheet of, for instance, the AD9835. There is explained how digital synthesis works (in case you do not know). With that and a very few lines of Verilog (you will need two registers, one for the phase accumulator and another one for the period of the signal and a fully populated RAM block, i.e. with a sinus) you get a sinus generator :).
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#2447192
I got a sinus already using a LUT. But my Problem is that I multiplied the floating point values with 1000, so that i dont need a point. Ok, i got an sinus and an amplitude of 1000. But i want an amplitude of 1. And the problem is if i use floating point values my reg dont save the values. > And the problem is if i use floating point values my reg dont save > the values. No. The problem is, that you don't understand how numbers are represented in hardware. Or: do you know what a floating point number looks like and how difficult it is to handle simple operations like addition or multiplication on it in hardware? To keep it short: I don't think you need a floating point number. But you must rearrange your mind for a different presentation of the numbers. Lets say: take a 8 bit number in a range from 1000000...00000000...01111111 then you get a decimal value of -128...0...+127. And then divide this number in your mind by 128 and you get -1...0...+0.992 for the SAME bit pattern. Think thoroughly about that! > an amplitude of 1000 Never ever take decimal numbers in hardware. A multiplication with 1000 takes a lot of effort. A multiplication with 1024 instead is just a different wiring and brings zero overhead... :-o
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#2447226
So it makes no difference in hardware if i implement the sin without floating points, btw. this way is much easier? 1024 would just be a shift, thats true > if i implement the sin without floating points
I didn't get this... :-/
But you said, you already have a sine function (via LUT).
So why do you need floating points further on? For scaling the sine?
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#2447237
Just for scaling, because the sine should be in range from -1 ... 1 As I said: -1...+1 isn't possible: With a 16 bit word you can get 0x1000 ... 0x0000 ... 0x7fff That is decimal -32768 ... 0 ... 32767 If you divide it mentally by 32768 then you get virtually -1 ... 0 ... +0.999969 So, what do you get out of your sine LUT/algorithm? ReplyPlease log in before posting. |