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Now, I've been learning Verilog but I got stuck with some easy problems.

always@(posedge clock)
if(reset == 1’b1) leds_r <=0;
else leds_r <= leds_r + 1;

I can understand if(reset==1'b1)leds_r<=0; but the matter is else leds_r <= leds_r+1; what is that means?

I activated that with only always@(posedge clock) leds_r <=leds_r+1; code using Spartan-3A/AN Starter Kit Board then, after I pushed reset button, all the leds were cleared.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ 'else' is a computer programming word for 'otherwise'. \$\endgroup\$
    – The Photon
    Apr 12, 2018 at 17:21
  • \$\begingroup\$ I mean, I can't understand leds_r <=leds_r+1; I'm sorry I forgot adding passage reg [27:0] leds_r; \$\endgroup\$ Apr 12, 2018 at 17:29
  • \$\begingroup\$ It means the register leds_r changes from whatever value it had to one more than that. It's the usual way to express a counter in Verilog. \$\endgroup\$
    – The Photon
    Apr 12, 2018 at 17:30
  • \$\begingroup\$ <= means non-blocking assignment. I.e. it is basically saying increment leds_r by 1. \$\endgroup\$ Apr 12, 2018 at 18:37

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It is essentially the meaning behind Register Transfer Level(RTL) abstraction coding. You are describing the transfer of data to registers at each clock cycle. The English translation of the code would be:

At the rising clock edge, if reset is true the register leds_r gets the value 0, otherwise, the register leds_r gets the current value of the expression leds_r + 1

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