HDLBits练习——Rule90

Rule 90 is a one-dimensional cellular automaton with interesting properties.

The rules are simple. There is a one-dimensional array of cells (on or off). At each time step, the next state of each cell is the XOR of the cell’s two current neighbours. A more verbose way of expressing this rule is the following table, where a cell’s next state is a function of itself and its two neighbours:

(The name “Rule 90” comes from reading the “next state” column: 01011010 is decimal 90.)

In this circuit, create a 512-cell system (q[511:0]), and advance by one time step each clock cycle. The load input indicates the state of the system should be loaded with data[511:0]. Assume the boundaries (q[-1] and q[512]) are both zero (off).

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前言

三个输入，包括一个时钟clk，一个载入信号load，一个输入信号data；一个输出信号q。

代码

module top_module(
    input clk,
    input load,
    input [511:0] data,
    output [511:0] q ); 
    always@(posedge clk)begin
        if(load) q<=data;
        else q<={1'b0,q[511:1]}^{q[510:0],1'b0};
    end
endmodule

总结

按照定义将 q 的左移值和右移值相异或就行，默认两端为1’b0，也可写成q<={q<<1}^{q>>1}。