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A module provides a template from which you can create actual objects. When a module is invoked, Verilog creates a unique object from the template. Each object has its own name, variables, parameters, and I/O interface. The process of creating objects from a module template is called instantiation, and the objects are called instances. Each…
Port_list is an important component of verilog module. Ports provide a means for a module to communicate with the external world through input and output. Every port in the port list must be declared as input, output or inout. All ports declared as one of the above is assumed to be a wire by default,…
A “module” is the basic building block in Verilog. A module can be an element or a collection of lower-level design blocks. A module provides the necessary functionality to the higher-level block through its port interface (inputs and outputs), but hides the internal implementation. Module interface refers, how module communicates with external world. This communication…
Verilog language has the capability of designing a module in several coding styles. Depending on the needs of a design, internals of each module can be defined at four level of abstractions. Irrespective of the internal abstraction level, the module would behave exactly in the similar way to the external environment. Following are the four…
This post contains some very interesting interview questions asked by Synopsys the EDA giant in its interview. The questions are based on Verilog Synthesis and Simulation. Though I have included the answers; I would encourage the reader to experiment himself or herself and then discuss these in the forum. 1. How a latch gets inferred…
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Case and Conditional Statements are available in both VHDL and Verilog. These are considered as significant features of behavioral modelling, be it in VHDL or Verilog. Behavioral modelling provides high level abstraction so that the circuit can be designed by programming its functionality. Let’s say, we have to design a circuit that selects a particular…
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Verilog and VHDL are Hardware Description languages (HDL) that are used to describe the behavior and structure of electronic systems. HDL languages are different form software language like ‘C’, as they use concurrency constructs to simulate circuit behavior. HDL includes a means of describing propagation time and signal strength. Verilog Vs. VHDL