Hello, currently I am trying to buffer a value from VHDL and read it out in C++. To give you a better understanding of my situation: I want to use the internal clock of my FPGA, to be used by C++. I use a Xilinx FPGA with a linux os, so I can run my C++ software. The hardware was predesigned. My idea was to read out the clock signal with VHDL and buffer it by writing into the memory (on a hardcoded address), so I can read it out with C++. But I have issues writing to a very specific address. Is this even possible with VHDL (or Verilog) or do I have to work completely in C++ for my issue? PS: I know there are examples out there, talking about the issue of saving data in the memory, but they do not write into a specific memory address. Best Whishes Robert
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Robert R. wrote: > Xilinx FPGA with a linux os No. Linux is not running on an FPGA. I guess you have a Zynq device and Linux is running on the embedded CPU cores, right? Or you have a softcore CPU? Which one? Robert R. wrote: > My idea was to read out the clock signal with VHDL and buffer it by > writing into the memory (on a hardcoded address), so I can read it out > with C++. A clock is typically a signal toggling each some nanoseconds. You want a memory location where a certain bit is changed some million times per second, and read this memory location with a software running on a non-realtime OS? Possibly you want something different, namely synchronize a software process to a clock signal generated inside the FPGA? But to answer your question: No, you cannot use VHDL to write data into a memory location. But you can use VHDL to specify an architecture that does it. This is quite common. You can access the Zynq memory via the internal AXI bus from the programmable logic.
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