For a 3-8 Decoder my IO ports are as below: d : in STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (2 downto 0); o : out STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (7 downto 0)); In my VHDL code, I am trying to mimic a Verilog assignment where d is used in the case statement as the case parameter and o is the output. Verilog syntax is as below: 3’d7: o=8’d1; In my VHDL case statement I could come up with the below assignment case d is when "111" => o <= STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(TO_UNSIGNED(1,8)); Is there an easier way of doing the same without using Type conversions in VHDL. Something like the code below (Although this will return a compile error). case d is when 7 => o <= 1; Thanks in advance. Also, could someone explain how the type conversions is working using the below syntax. o <= STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(TO_UNSIGNED(1,8));
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Rejoy M. wrote: > In my VHDL case statement I could come up with the below assignment > case d is > when "111" => o <= STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(TO_UNSIGNED(1,8)); > > Is there an easier way of doing the same without using Type conversions > in VHDL. There are literals in VHDL. It's either like x"1" or 16#1#. You can try one of those or search for "literals". Rejoy M. wrote: > Also, could someone explain how the type conversions is working using > the below syntax. > > o <= STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(TO_UNSIGNED(1,8)); What do you want to know? Why it has to be this way? Unsigned is just another interpretation of a std_logic_vector. A std_logic_vector is a string of independent bits, whereas unsigned is a positive (or zero) number represented by those bits. That's why you can simply cast between unsigned and std_logic_vector. An integer is a number, which has nothing to do with VHDL bits. So you have to convert the integer into a bit representation via a conversion function. That's why you have to give the length as parameter. The integer 1 could be represented as binary "1", "01", "001", so the compiler has to know, how long the unsigned vector is. Of course you could write a function to_std_logic_vector. There just isn't one in numeric_std (as far as I know).
Dussel wrote: > There just isn't one in numeric_std (as far as I know). No, it isn't. And when the design is done with a little bit thinking about structure and layout there are just a few lines with that "double step". And the proposed to_std_logic_vector() is just a few letters shorter, but it doesn't skip the conversion... Rejoy M. wrote: > case d is > when "111" => o <= STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(TO_UNSIGNED(1,8)); When you want to assgin a value to a std_logic_vector you can do it with "00000001". So why starting with an integer? Rejoy M. wrote: > Is there an easier way of doing the same without using Type conversions > in VHDL. Something like the code below (Although this will return a > compile error). > case d is > when 7 => o <= 1; Simply implement two local integer signals dl and ol and do it this way:
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Rejoy M. wrote: > o <= STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(TO_UNSIGNED(1,8)); AND AN ADDITIONAL HINT: DO NOT USE CAPITALS AS FUNCTION NAMES. IT MAKES THE CODE NEARLY UNREADABLE, BECAUSE THE BRAIN IS IT NOT USED TO READ WORDS IN CAPITAL LETTERS! BTW: pls wrap your VHDL code with the [vhdl] tags...
Lothar, Thank you so much for all your precise answers and assistance.