One bit Virtex BRAM.

[Jacques athow]

Is it possible to infer in vhdl, some kind of logic that has the same
property as that of a virtex block ram, but being of size 1 bit (just
using CLB logic) ??

Thanks for any ideas
jac

 

[Sean Durkin]

Jacques athow wrote:

Is it possible to infer in vhdl, some kind of logic that has the same
property as that of a virtex block ram, but being of size 1 bit (just
using CLB logic) ??
You could use a 1-input lookup-table...

http://toolbox.xilinx.com/docsan/xilinx5/data/docs/lib/lib0283_267.html#wp1001293

But this you'd have to instantiate, I don't know what code you'd use to
infer it.

As an alternative, you could use a simple flip-flop... those are usually
inferred for all signals assigned in a clocked process. Or you can
instantiate one:

http://toolbox.xilinx.com/docsan/xilinx5/data/docs/lib/lib0176_160.html#wp1000992

Both the LUT and the register are usually part of a CLB's logic.

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[Jacques athow]

You could use a 1-input lookup-table...

http://toolbox.xilinx.com/docsan/xilinx5/data/docs/lib/lib0283_267.html#wp1001293

But this you'd have to instantiate, I don't know what code you'd use to
infer it.

As an alternative, you could use a simple flip-flop... those are usually
inferred for all signals assigned in a clocked process. Or you can
instantiate one:

http://toolbox.xilinx.com/docsan/xilinx5/data/docs/lib/lib0176_160.html#wp1000992

Both the LUT and the register are usually part of a CLB's logic.

Ok thanks for the ideas. For the simple flip-flop, It would need to be
clocked by two clock domains. Is it possible to do this in a Virtex
FPGA?? and for the LUT alternative, i will try it soon.

Jac

 

[Nachiket Kapre]

I think what you are looking for is a synchorniser. That is a pair of
flip-flops where the first flip-flop gets clocked with a certain
frequency f_a while the second flip-flop gets clocked with another
frequency f_b. Hope this answers your query.

regards,
nachiket.

Both the LUT and the register are usually part of a CLB's logic.

Ok thanks for the ideas. For the simple flip-flop, It would need to be
clocked by two clock domains. Is it possible to do this in a Virtex
FPGA?? and for the LUT alternative, i will try it soon.

Jac