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Experiment 7 Concurrent Code

1. This document describes designing an 8-bit comparator circuit using VHDL concurrent code. It introduces fundamental concurrent statements like WHEN, GENERATE, and BLOCK that can be synthesized. 2. The procedures describe writing VHDL code for an 8-bit comparator that compares two vectors a and b, and outputs x1, x2, x3 to indicate a > b, a = b, and a < b respectively based on a selection pin determining signed or unsigned comparison. 3. The design is then synthesized and simulated using Xilinx ISE tools to verify the correct outputs against some test vectors and the results are recorded.

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Experiment 7 Concurrent Code

1. This document describes designing an 8-bit comparator circuit using VHDL concurrent code. It introduces fundamental concurrent statements like WHEN, GENERATE, and BLOCK that can be synthesized. 2. The procedures describe writing VHDL code for an 8-bit comparator that compares two vectors a and b, and outputs x1, x2, x3 to indicate a > b, a = b, and a < b respectively based on a selection pin determining signed or unsigned comparison. 3. The design is then synthesized and simulated using Xilinx ISE tools to verify the correct outputs against some test vectors and the results are recorded.

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Advanced Digital Electronics Laboratory Exp.

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Experiment 7
Concurrent Code:
Design Example Comparator
Learning Objectives:
1. Some fundamental VHDL concurrent statement will introduced in this experiment, with
special emphasis on those that are synthesizable.
2. To design, synthesize, and simulate the operation of a comparator circuit with VHDL
language.
Equipment and Materials:
full version of Xilinx ISE 9.2i software installed on your laboratory personal computer.
Introduction:
VHDL code can be concurrent (parallel) or sequential. The former will be studied in this
experiment ,while the latter will be seen in next experiments. The concurrent code
statements can only be used outside PROCESSES, FUNCTIONS, or PROCEDURES. They are the
WHEN statement and the GENERATE statement. Besides them, assignments using only
operators (logical, arithmetic, etc) can obviously also be used to create combinational circuits.
Also, a special kind of statement, called BLOCK, can also be employed. In concurrent code the
following can be used:
1- Operators: table below summarize operators that can be used in concurrent code:

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2- The WHEN statement: There are two kinds of WHEN statements: WHEN/ELSE or
WITH/SELECT/WHEN.

3- The GENERATE statement: Also There are two kinds of GENERATE statement one used
with FOR the other used with IF:

4- The BLOCK statement: There are two kinds of BLOCK statements: Simple and Guarded.

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Procedures:
1.Write a VHDL concurrent code to construct a circuit capable of comparing two 8-bit vectors, a
and b. A selection pin (sel) should determine whether the comparison is signed (sel = ‘1’) or
unsigned (sel = ‘0’). The circuit must have three outputs, x1, x2, and x3, corresponding to a > b,
a = b, and a < b, respectively.

2.Implement your designed in step 1 using Xilinx ISE 9.2i tools for Spartan 3E FPGA board. Follow
the same steps in previous in Experiments to synthesize and obtain a timing diagram after
simulation to verify correct outputs.
3.In order to unifying the results please use the following test vectors in your simulation test
bench:

4. Record your results (VHDL code, RTL, Timing diagram)


Report :
1. Compare between magnitude comparator and Identity Comparator.
2. What changes should be made in your design to download it using Spartan 3E FPGA board.
3. Write the Boolean expression for the 4-bit comparator circuit.
4. Suggest another way to implement the function of 8-bit comparator circuit
5. How can develop the VHDL code for the 4-bit comparator circuit to compares two n-bit
binary numbers.

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