目录
Wire
Create a module with one input and one output that behaves like a wire.
Unlike physical wires, wires (and other signals) in Verilog are directional. This means information flows in only one direction, from (usually one) source to the sinks (The source is also often called a driver that drives a value onto a wire). In a Verilog "continuous assignment" (assign left_side = right_side;
), the value of the signal on the right side is driven onto the wire on the left side. The assignment is "continuous" because the assignment continues all the time even if the right side's value changes. A continuous assignment is not a one-time event.
The ports on a module also have a direction (usually input or output). An input port is driven by something from outside the module, while an output port drives something outside. When viewed from inside the module, an input port is a driver or source, while an output port is a sink.
The diagram below illustrates how each part of the circuit corresponds to each bit of Verilog code. The module and port declarations create the black portions of the circuit. Your task is to create a wire (in green) by adding an assign
statement to connect in
to out
. The parts outside the box are not your concern, but you should know that your circuit is tested by connecting signals from our test harness to the ports on your top_module
.
In addition to continuous assignments, Verilog has three other assignment types that are used in procedural blocks, two of which are synthesizable. We won't be using them until we start using procedural blocks.
module top_module( input in, output out );
assign out = in ;
endmodule
Wire4
Create a module with 3 inputs and 4 outputs that behaves like wires that makes these connections:
a -> w b -> x b -> y c -> z
The diagram below illustrates how each part of the circuit corresponds to each bit of Verilog code. From outside the module, there are three input ports and four output ports.
When you have multiple assign statements, the order in which they appear in the code does not matter. Unlike a programming language, assign statements ("continuous assignments") describe connections between things, not the action of copying a value from one thing to another.
One potential source of confusion that should perhaps be clarified now: The green arrows here represent connections between wires, but are not wires in themselves. The module itself already has 7 wires declared (named a, b, c, w, x, y, and z). This is because input
and output
declarations actually declare a wire unless otherwise specified. Writing input wire a
is the same as input a
. Thus, the assign
statements are not creating wires, they are creating the connections between the 7 wires that already exist.
module top_module(
input a,b,c,
output w,x,y,z );
assign w = a;
assign x = b;
assign y = b;
assign z = c;
endmodule
Notgate
Create a module that implements a NOT gate.
This circuit is similar to wire, but with a slight difference. When making the connection from the wire in
to the wire out
we're going to implement an inverter (or "NOT-gate") instead of a plain wire.
Use an assign statement. The assign
statement will continuously drive the inverse of in
onto wire out
.
module top_module( input in, output out );
assign out = !in;//或者assign out = ~in;
endmodule
Andgate
Create a module that implements an AND gate.
This circuit now has three wires (a
, b
, and out
). Wires a
and b
already have values driven onto them by the input ports. But wire out
currently is not driven by anything. Write an assign
statement that drives out
with the AND of signals a
and b
.
Note that this circuit is very similar to the NOT gate, just with one more input. If it sounds different, it's because I've started describing signals as being driven (has a known value determined by something attached to it) or not driven by something. Input wires
are driven by something outside the module. assign
statements will drive a logic level onto a wire. As you might expect, a wire cannot have more than one driver (what is its logic level if there is?), and a wire that has no drivers will have an undefined value (often treated as 0 when synthesizing hardware).
module top_module(
input a,
input b,
output out );
assign out = a&b;
endmodule
Norgate
Create a module that implements a NOR gate. A NOR gate is an OR gate with its output inverted. A NOR function needs two operators when written in Verilog.
An assign
statement drives a wire (or "net", as it's more formally called) with a value. This value can be as complex a function as you want, as long as it's a combinational (i.e., memory-less, with no hidden state) function. An assign
statement is a continuous assignment because the output is "recomputed" whenever any of its inputs change, forever, much like a simple logic gate.
module top_module(
input a,
input b,
output out );
assign out=~(a|b);
endmodule
Xnorgate
Create a module that implements an XNOR gate.
module top_module(
input a,
input b,
output out );
assign out=~(a^b);
endmodule
Wire decl
Practice
Implement the following circuit. Create two intermediate wires (named anything you want) to connect the AND and OR gates together. Note that the wire that feeds the NOT gate is really wire out, so you do not necessarily need to declare a third wire here. Notice how wires are driven by exactly one source (output of a gate), but can feed multiple inputs.
If you're following the circuit structure in the diagram, you should end up with four assign statements, as there are four signals that need a value assigned.
(Yes, it is possible to create a circuit with the same functionality without the intermediate wires.)
`default_nettype none
module top_module(
input a,
input b,
input c,
input d,
output out,
output out_n );
wire one;
wire two;
assign one=a&b;
assign two=c&d;
assign out=one|two;
assign out_n=~out;
endmodule
7458
The 7458 is a chip with four AND gates and two OR gates. This problem is slightly more complex than 7420.
Create a module with the same functionality as the 7458 chip. It has 10 inputs and 2 outputs. You may choose to use an assign
statement to drive each of the output wires, or you may choose to declare (four) wires for use as intermediate signals, where each internal wire is driven by the output of one of the AND gates. For extra practice, try it both ways.
module top_module (
input p1a, p1b, p1c, p1d, p1e, p1f,
output p1y,
input p2a, p2b, p2c, p2d,
output p2y );
wire a;
wire b;
wire c;
wire d;
assign a=p2c&p2d;
assign b=p2a&p2b;
assign c=p1a&p1c&p1b;
assign d=p1f&p1e&p1d;
assign p2y=a|b;
assign p1y=c|d;
endmodule