9.1 Simulation Problem 1

The Simulation Problems document contains relatively simple VHDL problems that use a register, counter, or other clocked device. Write the VHDL code for your assigned problem and then test and debug your code. Your instructor will provide appropriate test sequences for each of these problems. Submit simulation waveforms that demonstrate the operation of your code.

9.1 Simulation Problem 2

Perform the following lab exercise:

1. Write behavioral VHDL code that implements the state machine that you designed in the previous module. Use a case statement to represent the state table as illustrated in the figure below. Use two processes – one for the combinational logic and one for the state register. Add an asynchronous reset input.

1  entity SM17_2 is
2      port(X,CLK: in bit;
3           Z:out bit);
4  end SM17_2;

5  architecture Table of SM17_2 is
6     signal State, Nextstate: integer range 0 to 6:= 0;
7  begin
8     process(State,X)       –Combinational Cicuit
9     begin
10          case State is
11          when 0=>
12               if X=’0′ then Z<=’1′; Nextstate<=1;
13               else Z<=’0′; Nextstate<=2; end if;
14        when 1=>
15            if X=’0′ then Z<=’1′; Nextstate<=3
16            else Z<=’0′; Nextstate<=4; end if;
17        when 2=>
18            if X=’0′ then Z<=’0′; Nextstate<=4
19            else Z<=’1′; Nextstate<=4; end if;
20        when 3=>
21            if X=’0′ then Z<=’0′; Nextstate<=5
22            else Z<=’1′; Nextstate<=5; end if;
23        when 4=>
24            if X=’0′ then Z<=’1′; Nextstate<=5
25            else Z<=’0′; Nextstate<=6; end if;
26        when 5=>
27            if X=’0′ then Z<=’0′; Nextstate<=0
28            else Z<=’1′; Nextstate<=0; end if;
29        when 6=>
30            Z<=’1′; Nextstate<=0;             
31        end case;
32    end process;

33    process (CLK)        –State Register
34    begin
35        if CLK’event and CLK=’1′ then          –rising edge of clock
36             State<=Nextstate;
37         end if;
38    end process;
39  end table;  

2. Simulate the VHDL code and verify that it works correctly. Use the same test sequences that you used in your assignment in the previous module.

3. Synthesize the VHDL code and download it to the Basys 3 hardware board for testing. Use the Vivado software for synthesizing the code and programming the FPGA.

4. Verify the correct operation of the hardware implementation of the state machine using the same procedures as in the previous module.

Submit your VHDL code in this activity.