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Can I program a platform independent PLL in VHDL?

Most FPGA developement boards have a 50 MHz clock source onboard. However, the FPGAs are typically able to work faster than this. For multiplying the clock speed it seems to be needed to use a custom ...

fpga vhdl pll

asked 2 hours ago

SDwarfs

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How to make current source with fpga [on hold]

I want to make current source which can drive high current(~5A). And I want to control current source with fpga(yielding I, I/2, I/3 .. using pwm signal) Is there any component??

current fpga

asked 6 hours ago

gyogyo

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FPGA: possible to use PC as I/O?

I'm a beginner in FPGAs and I would like to implement a basic CPU with a simple VGA display. If I have a FPGA that has USB-UART could I use my own PC monitor as a display? What about sending input ...

fpga uart vga

asked 10 hours ago

João Pedro

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Generate one-input pulse in Verilog

I'm attempting to port discrete schematics into a FPGA. In the schematics some AND gates function as short pulse generators, when input goes low output is enabled, until input propagates down an ...

fpga verilog pulse

asked 2 days ago

CatOnAKeyboard

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How do I fix “Nios2 software build tools for eclipse” build errors?

I have a Quartus Cyclone3 project with NIOS2 processor. I have noticed 3 errors while building the eclipse project, though I am pretty sure it should be working well. Description: make[1]: [public....

fpga eclipse nios-ii

asked 2 days ago

RKishmar

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My JTAG connection with Cyclone IV is not working

My FPGA board is not programming. I think I have followed all the guide lines for JTAG connection. Can you see any problems with this connection?

fpga jtag cyclone

asked Jan 17 at 23:19

Alpha0

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Iterative CORDIC algorithm dynamic shift optimization

I've implemented the CORDIC algorithm on an FPGA using an iterative approach. The component is loaded with a set of values to calculate and then iterates as many CORDIC steps as necessary for the ...

digital-logic fpga cordic

asked Jan 16 at 20:40

sebi707

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How to estimate timing contraints for FPGAs?

I try to find out how to specify the timings restrictions in FPGA designs correctly (in .sdc/.xdc files). I know what setup and hold times mean. However: How do I find out, what timing constraints my ...

fpga timing-analysis constraints sdc xdc

asked Jan 16 at 15:17

SDwarfs

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What's wrong with this schematic for powering up Cyclone IV FPGA?

I have followed all the guide lines for powering up the Cyclone IV. However, the 3.3v Regulator is heating too much and also the Cyclone IV FPGA. What's wrong with my schematic? Is there a problem in ...

fpga intel-fpga cyclone

asked Jan 16 at 14:00

Alpha0

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Strange SDRAM Behaviour

i try to use the SDRAM on my DE0 Board. This is the chip: http://zentel-europe.com/datasheets/A3V64S40GTP_v1.3_Zentel.pdf Basically my driver works. i save the value of an upcounted signal in the ...

fpga vhdl sdram

asked Jan 15 at 14:38

C. Hediger

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problem connecting an Arduino Ethernet Shield to FPGA trough SPI

I have an Arduino Ethernet Shield and trying to connect it to my spartan 6 board. I used the ICSP header on the bottom of Arduino Ethernet Shield (MISO/SCK/RST/+5/MOSI/GND) and a wire for SS(pin 10 of ...

arduino fpga spi ethernet

asked Jan 13 at 6:33

javad

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Two modules and two always statements in one verilog program? [closed]

Our prof gave us a Verilog code and we were tasked to explain how the code works. Despite having previous experience with Verilog coding, i was confused on the code our prof gave. My experience with ...

fpga verilog hdl

asked Jan 12 at 13:02

FlibsiFlub

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Verilog - Using 'define' to declare a constant created by a 'parameter'

Pardon the wordiness of the question's title. How would you accomplish the following. I have this parameter: parameter BUS_SIZE = 16; And I want to use it later ...

fpga verilog

asked Jan 11 at 1:15

Jet Blue

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UART RX in VHDL

I have to set up a UART transmitter and receiver using a Spartan 3 board. I've got the transmitter set up already and verified it with the arduino terminal using this FTDI breakout.The receiver is ...

digital-logic fpga vhdl uart level-shifting

asked Jan 10 at 7:14

Simeon R

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Using ALTLVDS_TX megafunction with a DS90CR485 Serializer

Using ALTLVDS_TX megafunction with a DS90CR485 Serializer Hello there, First of all I'm a beginner in FPGA programming and i don't know if my whole approach to this is wrong. I'm currently trying to ...

fpga verilog lvds cyclone

asked Jan 9 at 21:45

CptnBeefheart

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how to send data from ALTERA DE2 to computer? [closed]

hello I am currently using ALTERA DE2 and writing on VHDL . my question is simple lets say I connect ADC(analog to digital convertor ) to the altera . so for exmaple my ADC gives me 8 bits resulation ....

fpga uart

asked Jan 9 at 16:12

Tomer Polski

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Fpga communicate to pc through usb

I'm currently working on my thesis project on making a secure pendrive. For that I have to design an USB protocol implementation on an FPGA. But I don't know how to physically connect that USB core ...

usb fpga verilog usb-device usb-host

asked Jan 7 at 16:45

Gourav Saini

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Understanding sequential and interleaved burst modes in SDRAMs

I'm studying SDRAM memories. I have read they have 2 burst modes: sequential and interleaved. I don't understand the differences between them, can you please give an explanation? And, when should I ...

fpga sdram

asked Jan 7 at 15:35

Condor

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Quartus Prime: Block synthesized away - why?

Doing my very first steps with FPGA. I successfully built an SPI slave (code found somewhere in the web) that receives something and turns an LED (via output SPI_DONE) on my Altera Max10 evaluation ...

fpga quartus

asked Jan 6 at 14:40

mic

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Creating big MUXes and shift registers on FPGA

I'm working on a guitar tuner project on FPGA. For this I have to pass the sound signal (16bit/1024Hz sampling) from the ADC to a FFT block but I want the FFT block to be clocked with much higher ...

fpga vhdl verilog

asked Jan 4 at 2:17

Cezary

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Significance of timing simulation for FPGA

I have started to wonder what is the significance of the timing simulation for FPGAs nowadays. I can easily justify what is the idea behind that by quoting some Xilinx materials: Performing a ...

fpga simulation

asked Jan 3 at 18:17

Al Bundy

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Exporting RAM content to text file in ISim

I'm trying to learn about Xilinx IP cores and FFT implementation on FPGA-s. For that I've created a simple project where I instantiate LogiCore FFT 8.0 core, ROM core and a RAM core. The ROM core ...

fpga vhdl ise

asked Dec 28 '18 at 9:06

rongard

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Verilog nested for loop not behaving as expected

I am having trouble with a simulation of an 8-bit full adder i wrote in verilog. Basically I have two integers that I feed into the full adder, I add them together and I check if the result is as ...

digital-logic fpga verilog vivado

asked Dec 24 '18 at 16:26

Jure Vreča

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Are there special rules for voltage division of a high speed clock?

High speed signals require special care in PCB layout to prevent high speed effects like ringing and overshoot. This obviously applies to clock signals as well. Provided that one has a high voltage ...

fpga voltage-divider clock high-speed

asked Dec 24 '18 at 11:46

quantum231

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can't send characters using fpga cyclone iv

I'm trying to connect my FPGA Cylone IV (CoreEP4CE6) with Raspberry Pi 3 for communication through UART. The process (uart_rx) for receiving data is working fine, however, when I place another process ...

fpga uart intel-fpga

asked Dec 20 '18 at 18:54

Alpha0

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UART receiver VHDL

VHDL FPGA UART receiver which receives 10 bits via Bluetooth interface. With 8 7-segment displays. Now my problem is the following In the requirements it is stated that I have to write the solution ...

fpga vhdl uart receiver

asked Dec 20 '18 at 11:04

CircuitBender

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Creating a Counter in Verilog for Flashing LED on Lattice Starter Kit

I have a lattic X03LF starter board with 6900C FGPA. There are eight LED available on this board and a push button. The goal of my code is to design a 8 bit counter that increments whenever a button ...

fpga verilog counter lattice

asked Dec 20 '18 at 3:14

JYasir

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Problem with adding two counters in series on an FPGA

I am using Verilog in Lattice Diamond IDE with a lattice MachXO2 7000HE breakout board. I built a basic counter with a limit input which generates a variable period clock output. It works fine on its ...

fpga verilog counter series lattice

asked Dec 19 '18 at 8:05

amfast

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VHDL: reading integers from a text file, storing them in array, and writing in text format again

In a certain simulation testbench using questasim, I am trying to read the files with integers numbers which looks like, ...

fpga vhdl modelsim testbench questasim

asked Dec 18 '18 at 20:03

rooter

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How do I know if not using FPGA dedicated clock input for a PLL pin is bad for my design?

PLLs are hard blocks in silicon. They are connected to specific pins for their clock input and drive specific pins for clock output. It is possible that we choose a "non-dedicated" pin for clock input/...

fpga intel-fpga quartus intel max10

asked Dec 18 '18 at 19:42

quantum231

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Altera has created EPCS and EPCQ devices, can only these be used to store FPGA configuration data?

FPGA configuration data must be stored in external non-volatile memory. Can we use just any flash memory or only specific types? What about EEPROMs or any other nonvolatile memory device? Edit: I am ...

fpga intel-fpga configuration intel

asked Dec 16 '18 at 17:18

quantum231

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FPGA timing for FT601

I am trying to interface and FPGA board with the FT601 usb bridge chip and I am having some issue with the timing constrains. In short, the FT601 has a source-synchronous interface with a ...

fpga timing

asked Dec 14 '18 at 11:33

J.G.

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Fixed-point arithmetic

I want to give two input data of my testbench from a file contains bits(std_logic_victor(15 downto 0) to some arithmetic operartion between fixed point and the files but when it starts I see below ...

fpga vhdl

asked Dec 13 '18 at 9:21

elmakhloufi assaad

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Are there CPLD / FPGA toolchains and workflows that bypass vendor IDEs? [duplicate]

Custom programming for FPGA boards is a similar and helpful question for any with the same as this, but they are different. In that thread they discuss custom options and building their own. This ...

fpga hdl programmable-logic ide toolchain

asked Dec 12 '18 at 22:15

Pewsplosions

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Clock frequency of FPGA circuit and 4-bit counter [closed]

I have implemented a 4 bit counter using HDL. Now I have downloaded the code to an FPGA kit with a 50 Mhz oscillator. This means that the clock period will be equal to 0.02 microseconds and ...

fpga counter hdl

asked Dec 11 '18 at 21:05

John adams

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7 to 128 decoder in Verilog

I'm new to digital electronics and programming in Verilog particularly. I have programmed some basic programs like 2 to 4 decoder, and 4 to 16 decoder. But I am trying to make an image sensor and say ...

digital-logic fpga verilog decoder vivado

asked Dec 11 '18 at 11:23

1upon0

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Xilinx Vivado: How are inputs/outputs handled that are not in the constraints file?

Assume I have the following constraints file which specifies only one single input: ...

fpga vhdl xilinx

asked Dec 10 '18 at 18:18

tschaboo

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How to make a system with USB 3.0 slave that provides data to an FPGA? [closed]

I consider making a system with USB 3.0 slave interface that provides data to an FPGA, where the connection should allow full utilization of the available USB 3.0 speed. What external components are ...

usb fpga

asked Dec 6 '18 at 15:16

EquipDev

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Strange behavior in VHDL design (randomly incrementing values)

I have a fairly simple VHDL design that looks like the following: ...

fpga vhdl hdl

asked Dec 6 '18 at 1:43

Michael Kalajian

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Program FPGA using STM32

I am interested in using an STM32 to flash an sof or pof file onto a Cyclone IV FPGA. The sof/pof will be stored in SPI flash memory, and the plan is to use the STM32 as a programmer. I haven't been ...

fpga stm32 intel-fpga

asked Dec 5 '18 at 23:20

jgaro

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Custom programming for FPGA boards

Is it possible to write your own tool to program FPGA boards, or are they locked down to only be programming by the manufacturer's tools? In other words, can I write my own tool to program/flash a ...

fpga

asked Dec 4 '18 at 22:04

Jas

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What is the proper methodology to create portable FPGA designs?

FPGA designs may contain RTL along with IP blocks. These IP blocks most likely shall be from the vendor of the FPGA. Examples of such IP blocks are instantiating dual clock FIFOs, floating point and ...

fpga hdl quartus portable libero

asked Dec 4 '18 at 20:34

quantum231

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Driving state machine in FPGA directly from input

I'm learning verilog and in the process trying to implement some simple logic circuits (and as everybody, a simple SOC) I implemented a simple UART, and it worked well during simulation and the test-...

fpga

asked Dec 4 '18 at 0:25

dmsc

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audio output on my FPGA

I asked a very bad question related to this yesterday, sorry - this is more comprehensive and makes more sense. this is the manual for the nexys 4 FPGA i'm using https://reference.digilentinc.com/...

audio fpga pwm

asked Dec 3 '18 at 17:36

Amy Fawcett

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Verilog problem on Spartan 6 board

I'm planning to do a waveform generator using an FPGA board (spartan 6 board from diychips), however I am new to verilog so I am encountering a bit of a problem. I created a sine-wave sequence using ...

fpga verilog

asked Dec 2 '18 at 17:20

Anthropomorphous Dodecahedron

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USB Softcore for FPGA : Extra resistor on FPGA transmitter pin

Have anyone used this USB softcore before ? Why do we need extra resistance on the tx pin ONLY ? Whichever pins you transmit on need to have resistors after them. The exact values will depend ...

usb fpga impedance-matching softcore

asked Dec 1 '18 at 16:07

kevin998x

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Is it possible to infer a floating-pt multiplier in hdl coding without instantiating the IP?

My architecture details FPGA Implementation Floating-pt format (IEEE 754) At least 17 to 18 arithmetic operations (adders and multipliers) involved. Currently instantiating the floating-pt IPs of ...

fpga vhdl verilog xilinx intel-fpga

asked Dec 1 '18 at 15:54

Sourabh Tapas

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No output with for loop

I have been working on this issue for a couple days and still cannot figure it out. I wonder if someone can help me with this. You can just focus on the video process at the bottom of the code below. ...

fpga vhdl modelsim

asked Nov 29 '18 at 14:14

Dinh Nguyen

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Error implementing IIR filter on FPGA

I want to implement several IIR filters on an FPGA, using VHDL. The filters is for audio. I start out by implementing a single filter with the following transfer function: $$H_1(z)=\frac{304 -304z^{-...

fpga vhdl digital-filter iir

asked Nov 27 '18 at 12:10

keffe

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Sample time of PI controller

I have designed a closed loop current control (PI controller) of a DC-DC converter in continuous time domain and it is working fine. The next task is discreetization of the controller and implement it ...

fpga pid-controller sampling closed-loop

asked Nov 26 '18 at 21:42

Autobot

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