I'm trying to make a 8-bit Sequential Multiplier on Quartus II. I did all the simulations of all blocks, but one is showing error on the VWF simulation. The sum_reg
block it's doing a infinite shift in a very small time interval.
In the "dark blue" part of waveform simulation, on o_DOUT, it's when the shift gones infinite until the MSB goes to the LSB. The image below shows what happens in the dark blue part of the simulation:
Someone know what's happen?
Below the code:
Sum register(where the simulation goes wrong):
library IEEE;
use IEEE.std_logic_1164.all;
use IEEE.numeric_std.all;
entity sum_register is
port (
i_DIN : in UNSIGNED(8 DOWNTO 0);
i_LOAD : in STD_LOGIC;
i_CLEAR : in STD_LOGIC;
i_SHIFT : in STD_LOGIC;
o_DOUT : buffer UNSIGNED(15 downto 0)
);
end sum_register;
architecture arch_1 of sum_register is
begin
process(i_CLEAR,i_LOAD,i_SHIFT, i_DIN)
begin
IF (i_CLEAR = '1') THEN
o_DOUT <= "0000000000000000";
ELSIF (i_LOAD = '1') THEN
o_DOUT(15 downto 7) <= i_DIN;
ELSIF (i_SHIFT = '1') THEN
o_DOUT <= o_DOUT SRL 1;
END IF;
end process;
end arch_1;
You need to use a clock signal in the circuit to make this synchronous, you will need an input in your entity like this:
After this you will need to make your process sensitivy to the clock:
And your architecture will change to this:
With this architecture you will need a unsigned signal to make atribution for your output o_DOUT, with this you can change your o_DOUT output to output type again (not buffer).
NOTE: The clock signal needs to be the same for all blocks!