Hi all, I am a student and I am working on a homework. Shortly, I will summary shortly the hw's requirement. It said some thing like that: At first, when counter goes from 0->7 then led 1 on; when the counter up to 8 then led 2 on, up to 9 then led 3 on. Next, when the counter comes to 10, it depends on a switch, if switch is on, led 4 on, if switch is off led 5 on. And if led 4 on, it still to be on until counter comes to 14 then counter reset to 0 and comes back to first stage which means led 1 on. And similarly, if led 5 on, it still to be on until counter comes to 22 then counter reset to 0 and comes back to first stage which means led 1. The requirement is described by a lots of word but shortly it will be like that after I design FSM for the problem. When I finish my code, test bench runs OK but when I run on Altera DE1 board, it did not run like my expectation. When the counter comes to 8,9,10 it runs nicely but next when led 4 or led 5 on, it immediately comes back to stage 1 (led 1 on). Led 4 should be on 4 seconds or led 5 should be on 12 seconds before come back to stage 1. In test bench, it waiting but in the board nothing is waiting. This is my code, hope you guys help me.
module controller(sw, clk, rst, led, y, Y); //This is top level module
input sw, clk, rst;
output [4:0] led;
output reg [2:0]y=0,Y=0; //y: present state; Y: next state
parameter [2:0] fer=0, ready=1, prepare=2, transfer=3, flush=4; //define finite state machine
reg [4:0] count=0; //counter
frequency_divider C1(clk, clk_out); //divider frequency for DE1 board, I use pin L1 (50Mhz)
always@(count, sw,y)
case(y)
fer: if (count==8)
Y=ready;
ready: if (count==9)
Y=prepare;
prepare: if ((count==10) & (sw==0))
Y=flush;
else if ((count==10) & (sw==1))
Y=transfer;
transfer: if (count==14)
Y=fer;
flush: if ( count==22)
Y=fer;
default: Y=2'bxx;
endcase
endcase
always @(negedge rst, posedge clk_out)
if (!rst)
y<=fer;
else
y<=Y;
always @(negedge rst, posedge clk_out)
if (!rst)
count = 0;
else begin
count = count + 1;
if (y==transfer && count==15) //This to reset the counter
count=0;
else if (y==flush && count==23)
count=0;
end
assign led[0]=(y==fer); // led 0 on when the system in fermertation stage (stage 1)
assign led[1]=(y==ready);
assign led[2]=(y==prepare);
assign led[3]=(y==transfer);
assign led[4]=(y==flush);
endmodule
module frequency_divider(clk_in, clk_out);
input clk_in;
output clk_out;
reg [31:0] num=0;
wire clk_out=num[24];
always @(posedge clk_in) begin
num <= num+ 1;
end
endmodule
module test_controller; //test bench
wire [4:0]led;
reg sw, clk, rst;
controller C1(sw, clk, rst, led);
initial begin
sw=0;
clk=0;
rst=0;
#2rst=1;
end
always begin
#1 clk=~clk;
end
always begin
#100 sw=~sw;
end
endmodule
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Hi mrquan, first of all, welcome to the fantastic world of FPGA... As you could see, simulating (unrouted RTL code) will show you the ideal behaviour before partitioning your logic in rather small alements with sublightspeed limited routing delays. For this you will be never able to come in the situation you found on your hardware. I will give you some idears and you might try to fix your Logic for yourself (at least try to do so for educational purposes)... 1) This might not be a real problem in this design, but it is bad coding style: Never use a clock which is generated by a simple clock devider. Better to use a DCM or PLL element in your FPGA. Best is to modify and use your clock devider as an Clock Enable 2) You are using an external input (sw) which is asynchronly to your logic. Other than in a simple RTL simulation, every littly cell of logic will se this input (switching) at a different time (in respect to the clock edge). So first of all synchronize your sw to the clock you are using, and use the resulting signal in your logic. 3) Last and most important here, you first always Block is completly asynchronous. So remember, every single bit of your state reg and count bits will arive at a different time at your logic in your real fpga. Synchronizing to clock will help you out... Best Regards
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