Misunderstood in Verilog basics?

OP (Company: Radioteknos) #7506280

Hi, I'm quite new to Verilog but I've some code working but from time to time I got some uncompresible behaviour and I think I lake some knoledge in Verilog.

Here is a quick example of a more complex project, it works with div2 module (/* go /) and don't with div5 module (/ no go */). Go / no go means I got ssoc signal on LED2 debug output or not.

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module test_div_1(
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       /* iCEstick clk (12MHz) */
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       input  clkin,
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       /* 10MHz ref_in */
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       input  ref_in,
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       /* iCEstick leds */
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       output LED_GREEN, 
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       output LED0, output LED1, output LED2, output LED3,
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          /* ADC (DIV) spi */
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       );   
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   SB_PLL40_CORE #(
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       .FEEDBACK_PATH("SIMPLE"),
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       /* $ icepll -i 12 -o 30 */
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       /* clkin=12MHz */
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       .DIVR(0),    /* DIVR =  0  (div 1) */
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       .DIVF(79),      /* DIVF = 79 (x80) */
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       .DIVQ(5),    /* DIVQ =  5 (div 6) */
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       /* main_clk=30MHz */
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       .FILTER_RANGE(3'b001)  /* FILTER_RANGE = 1 */
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       ) uut (
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        .LOCK(LED_GREEN),
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        .RESETB(1'b1),
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        .BYPASS(1'b0),
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        .REFERENCECLK(clkin),
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        .PLLOUTCORE(main_clk)
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        );
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   wire      main_clk;
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   wire      ref_in;
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   wire            soc;         
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   reg        ssoc;
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   wire       spi_m_clk;
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   /* soc generator (125kHz) */
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   div80 d80_1(ref_in, soc);
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   /* cs and clk generation */
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/* -----\/----- EXCLUDED -----\/-----
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   div2 div_spi_clk(ref_in, spi_m_clk); /-* go *-/
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 -----/\----- EXCLUDED -----/\----- */
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   div5 div_spi_clk(ref_in, spi_m_clk); /* no go */
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   always @ (negedge spi_m_clk)
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     ssoc<=soc;
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   /* TODO: remove (debug) */
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   assign LED0=spi_m_clk;
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   assign LED1=soc;
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   assign LED2=ssoc;
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   assign LED3=1'b0;   
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endmodule /* # test_div_1 end # */
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module div80(input in,
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        output out);
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   wire        in;
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   reg          out;
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   reg [6:0]        c;
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   initial
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     begin
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  c=7'b0000000;
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     end
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   always@(posedge in)
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     begin
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  if(c>=79)
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    begin
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       c<=0;
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       out<=1'b1;
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    end
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  else
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    begin
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       out<=1'b0;
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       c<=c+1;
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    end
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     end
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endmodule /* # div80 end # */
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module div5(input in,
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        output out);
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   wire        in;
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   reg         out;
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   reg [2:0]        c;
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   initial
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     begin
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  c=3'b000;
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     end
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   always@(posedge in)
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     begin
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  if(c>=4)
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    begin
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       c<=0;
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       out<=1'b1;
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    end
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  else
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    begin
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       out<=1'b0;
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       c<=c+1;
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    end
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     end
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endmodule /* # div5 end # */
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module div2(input in,
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      output out);
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   wire            in, out;
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   reg             c;
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   always@(posedge in)
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     begin
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  c<=!c;
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     end
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   assign out=c;
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endmodule /* # div2 end # */

div80 module output works fine...

Am I wrong in something about wire/reg? Or what ever?

If it matter I'm using ice40stick and icestorm toolchain (yosys, nextpnr and icepack).

Could you help me? Thanks!

Lapo

OP (Company: Radioteknos) #7512384

Rick D. wrote:

LED debugging may work with microcontrollers, but not with FPGA. Learn to use a simulator for debugging your designs.

You are right. I should learn to use simulator and debugger in a lot of situation. In any case, the code was working but my logic design was wrong.

Thank you!

Lapo

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