Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
IMHO...Can any one inform me the various steps needed to convert a C coding
in to VHDL. Please tell the list of Websites that gives information
regarding this topic.
Consensus is it can't be done ...Can any one inform me the various steps needed to convert a C coding
in to VHDL.
"assert false report "No more beer!" severity warning;"http://www.westnet.com/mirrors/99bottles/beer_s_z.html#vhdl
Then how are you supposed to prove that your rtl does the same thingsarath1111@gmail.com wrote:
Can any one inform me the various steps needed to convert a C coding
in to VHDL. Please tell the list of Websites that gives information
regarding this topic.
IMHO...
1. Understand what the C code is trying to achieve, and what algorithms
are used to achieve that.
2. Think about how that same problem might be solved in hardware
consisting of memories and combinatorial logic (using FSMs, registers, etc).
3. Understand how you may use VHDL to describe the above-mentioned hardware.
4. Throw the C source code in the bin, try to forget everything about
how it *ran*, and start writing your VHDL.
Depends on what type of C code you're trying to convert. The way I useHi all,
Can any one inform me the various steps needed to convert a C coding
in to VHDL. Please tell the list of Websites that gives information
regarding this topic.
Sure, but you're assuming the OP has C code written with eventualThen how are you supposed to prove that your rtl does the same thing
as the c code ? Instead of throwing away your c code, if you think
ahead and write your c code so that it resembles your datapth you can
dump the input, output of the c code and compare it with the rtl
implementation in your test-bench. This is especially easy if you use
fixed point in your c code so you can do bit-accurate comparisons.
Even with floating point, you can compare within an acceptable
error-range. In my opinion it is never a good idea to throw away
perfectly good design which can be re-used with some fore-thought.
If you have to ask, it means you've not done much in this area.In the 2nd instance, you do - but why would you bother?
Which verilog simulator can give you this integrated environment andYou're probably
better off in most cases doing a behavioural simultion in Verilog
straight away than bothering with C code. And you can gradually morph
your Verilog into a testbench for your synthesizable design.
Granted.In the 2nd instance, you do - but why would you bother?
If you have to ask, it means you've not done much in this area.
OK, I'm going to defer to your experience in this area.Which verilog simulator can give you this integrated environment and
the speed of compiled c++ speed with dsp class libraries which can go
between fixed and floating point ?
Reading my post again, maybe it was a little bit stronger than imk wrote:
In the 2nd instance, you do - but why would you bother?
If you have to ask, it means you've not done much in this area.
Granted.
Which verilog simulator can give you this integrated environment and
the speed of compiled c++ speed with dsp class libraries which can go
between fixed and floating point ?
OK, I'm going to defer to your experience in this area.
This is definitely true. But even if you're given a windows programBut I would maintain that the answer is probably heavily dependant on
the nature of the original problem (and original C code).
many aspects for "rapid" DSP algorithm development. And they haveOn 5 Sep 2005 18:30:32 -0700, sarath1111@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
Can any one inform me the various steps needed to convert a C coding
in to VHDL. Please tell the list of Websites that gives information
regarding this topic.
Depends on what type of C code you're trying to convert. The way I use
C is as a rapid prototyping language for DSP algorithm development. In
this domain the data is always a large array and my algorithms work on
small blocks of this data and the variable which tracks the block is
usually time. So there is a large bounding loop within which the
algorithm is implemented. This type of C can be converted to RTL
relatively easily by figuring out which variables are storage and
which are combinational calculations and writing the corresponding
RTL. After your RTL coding is done, you can dump the input/output of
the loop body and compare against your RTL results in your test-bench.
Have you considered Matlab & Simulink. IMHO they put even C to shame in
many aspects for "rapid" DSP algorithm development. And they haveOn 5 Sep 2005 18:30:32 -0700, sarath1111@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
Can any one inform me the various steps needed to convert a C coding
in to VHDL. Please tell the list of Websites that gives information
regarding this topic.
Depends on what type of C code you're trying to convert. The way I use
C is as a rapid prototyping language for DSP algorithm development. In
this domain the data is always a large array and my algorithms work on
small blocks of this data and the variable which tracks the block is
usually time. So there is a large bounding loop within which the
algorithm is implemented. This type of C can be converted to RTL
relatively easily by figuring out which variables are storage and
which are combinational calculations and writing the corresponding
RTL. After your RTL coding is done, you can dump the input/output of
the loop body and compare against your RTL results in your test-bench.
Have you considered Matlab & Simulink. IMHO they put even C to shame in