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Scalar Data Types and Operations

Scalar Data Types and Operations. 大同大學 資訊工程系 副教授 鄭福炯 ( cheng@cse.ttu.edu.tw). Type. Type of a data object defines the set of values that the object can assume and the set of operations that can be performed on those values Type: scalar types, access types, file types and composite types.

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Scalar Data Types and Operations

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  1. Scalar Data TypesandOperations 大同大學 資訊工程系 副教授 鄭福炯(cheng@cse.ttu.edu.tw)

  2. Type • Type of a data object defines • the set of values that the object can assume and • the set of operations that can be performed on those values • Type: scalar types, access types, file types and composite types VHDL Ch02

  3. Lexical Elements of VHDL • Lexical elements of VHDL: comments, identifiers, reserved words, special symbols, numbers, characters, strings, bit strings • Comments: • A comment line in VHDL is represented by two successive dashes “--”. • A comment extends from “--” to the end of the line. • See page 192 examples VHDL Ch02

  4. Lexical Elements of VHDL • Identifiers: • Identifiers are used to name items • Use meaningful name • Identifiers can be arbitrarily long • Some Rules: • must start with an alphabetic letter. • can contain alphabetic letters, decimal digits and underline character “_”. • can not end with “_”. • can not contain successive “_”. VHDL Ch02

  5. Lexical Elements of VHDL • Legal and illegal examples: • See page 18 • Extended identifiers • Can contain any sequence of characters • Is written by enclosing the characters between ‘\’ characters • Examples: \data bus\, \global.clock\, \923\ VHDL Ch02

  6. Lexical Elements of VHDL • Reserved Words • Reserved words are used to denote special constructs that form a model • Can not be used as identifiers • Is listed in Figure 1-15 on page 19 VHDL Ch02

  7. Lexical Elements of VHDL • Special Symbols: • Operators: +, -, &, *, /, ., <, =, >, |, /=, :=, >=, <=, <> • To delimit parts of language constructs and as punctuation: “, ‘, (, ), “,”, :, ;, • array indices: [] • Numbers: • Integer literals: 23, 0, 146, 56E5, 1E+12, 2#11111101#, 16#12FD”, 2#1111_1101# • Real literals: 23.1, 0.0, 3.14159, 1.234E09 VHDL Ch02

  8. Lexical Elements of VHDL • Characters • ‘A’~’Z’, ‘a’-’z’, ‘,’, • Strings • A sequence of characters • “data bus”, “923” (use & operator) • Binary digits: B for binary, O for octal, X for hexadecimal (B”01010111”, X”97”) VHDL Ch02

  9. Syntax Descriptions • Extended Backus-Naur Form to describe the rules of VHDL syntax • EBNF divides a language into syntactic categories: • Variable assignment: • Variable_Assignment  target := Expression; • x := y + 1; • Function_Call  name [( Association_List) ] • zero or one VHDL Ch02

  10. Syntax Descriptions • Optional operator “{}” • process is { process_declarative_item }begin{ sequential_statement }end process; • zero or more • Iterative operator “{…}” • identifier_list <= identifier, {…} | identifier • one or more VHDL Ch02

  11. Syntax Descriptions • Choice operator “|” • mode <=in | out | inout • one of the many • Parenthetic grouping ( ) • Term  Factor { (*|/|mod|rem) Factor)} VHDL Ch02

  12. Constant Declaration • EBNF: constant_decl  constant id { ,…}: subtype_indication [:= expr]; • Examples: • constant NUMBER_OF_BYTE: integer := 4; • constant SIZE, COUNT: integer := 255; VHDL Ch02

  13. Variable Declaration andAssignment • Variables act as placeholders for quantities that change during simulation. • EBNF: variable_decl  variable id { ,…}: subtype_indication [:= expr]; • Examples: • variable index, sum : integer := 0; • variable_assign <= [label: ] id:= expr; • Can be used in process block only • pc := 1; • index := index + 1; VHDL Ch02

  14. Type • Every name or id in VHDL has an associated “type”. • The “type” determines the operations that can be applied to the name. • VHDL along with its packages provides pre-defined types. • Additionally the user can define new types. VHDL Ch02

  15. Type Declarations • EBNF” type_decl <=type id is type_definition; • Useful when pre-defined types are insufficient. • Examples: • type apples is range 0 to 100; • type oranges is range 0 to 100; • apples may not be assigned to variable oranges • Default value is left hand side of range. VHDL Ch02

  16. Type Declarations • User defined type • If we define our own types for ports, the type names must be declared in a package (similar to a header file). • Example:package int_types is type Small_Int is range 0 to 255;end package int_type VHDL Ch02

  17. Type Declarations • User defined type • Exampleuse work.int_type.all;entity SmallAdder is Port (a,b: in small_int; s: out small_in) end enitity small_adder VHDL Ch02

  18. Integer type • “integer” is a pre-defined type used to represent whole numbers. • variable x, y : integer ; • VHDL standard requires that the implementation be able to represent numbers from –2^31 + 1 to 2^31 – 1. • User can define new “integer” types. VHDL Ch02

  19. Integer type • EBNF: • type_decl <= type identifier is int_type_defn; • int_type_defn <= range expr (to | downto ) expr • Examples: • type month is range 1 to 12 ; • type count_down is range 10 downto 0; VHDL Ch02

  20. Integer type : operations • Addition: +, Subtraction or negation: -, Multiplication: *, Division: / • Modulo: mod • a = b*n + (a mod b), sign of b, n: integer • (-5) mod 3 = 1 • Remainder: rem • a = (a/b)*b + (a rem b), sign of a • (-5) rem 3 = 1 • Absolute value: abs • Exponentiation: ** • Logical: =, /=, <, >, <=, >= VHDL Ch02

  21. Floating-point type • “real” is a pre-defined type used to represent floating-point numbers • variable x, y : real ; • Similar to integers the user can also define new real types with limited range. • Examples • type temp is range –273.0 to 1000.0 ; VHDL Ch02

  22. Floating point type:operations • Addition: + • Subtraction or negation: -• • Multiplication: * • Division: / • Absolute value: abs • Exponentiation: ** • Logical: =, /=, <, >, <=, >= VHDL Ch02

  23. Time type • Predefined physical type.type time is range implementation definedunits fs; ps = 1000 fs; ns = 1000 ps; us = 1000 ns; ms = 1000 us; sec = 1000 ms; min = 60 sec; hr = 60 min;end units; VHDL Ch02

  24. Enumerated types • Useful for giving names to a values of an object (variable or signal). • Example: • type alu_func is (disable, pass, add, sub, mult, div); • Predefined enum types • type character is ( ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, ……….);Operations: =, /=, <, >, <=, >= • type boolean is ( false,true);Operations: and, or, nand, nor, xor, xnor, not,=, /=, <, >, <=, >= VHDL Ch02

  25. Characters • ISO 8859-Latin-1 8-bit character set • type character is ( null, soh, …. ………. ); • Example:variable command_char, terminator: character;command := ‘P’;terminator := cr; VHDL Ch02

  26. Boolean • Boolean is one of the most important predefined types in VHDL • type boolean is (false, true); • Operationsand, or, nand, nor, xor, xnor, not • and, or, nand, nor are called “short-circuit” operators VHDL Ch02

  27. Bit type • Bit is also a predefined enumerated type • type bit is (‘0’, ‘1’); • Operations • Logical: =, /=, <, >, <=, >= • Boolean: and, or, nand, nor, xor, xnor, not • Shift:sll, srl, sla, sra, rol, ror VHDL Ch02

  28. Standard logic • Since VHDL is designed to modeling digital hardware, it is necessary to include types to represent digitally encoded values • type std_logic is (’U’, -- Uninitialized ‘X’, -- Forcing Unknown ‘0’, -- Forcing zero ‘1’, -- Forcing one ‘Z’, -- High impedance ‘W’, -- Weak Unknown ‘L’, -- Weak zero ‘H’, -- Weak one ‘_’); -- don’t care VHDL Ch02

  29. Subtypes • Sub types are useful for limiting the range of base type • Examples:type month is 1 to 31;subtype working_day is month range 1 to 3;variable x,y : month;variable z : working_day;y = x + z; • subtype natural is integer range 0 to biggest_integer;subtype positive is integer range 1 to biggest_integer; VHDL Ch02

  30. Type Conversion • Integer to real: read(123) • Real to integer: integer(3.6) • See Chap 4 for more detail. VHDL Ch02

  31. Attributes of Scalar Types • T’left : first (leftmost) value of T • T’right : last (rightmost) value of T • T’low : least value of T • T’high : highest value of T • T’ascending : true if T is ascending, false otherwise • T’image(x) : A string representing the value of x • T’value(s) : The value in T that is represented by s. VHDL Ch02

  32. Example type set_index is range 21 downto 11; set_index’left = 21 set_index’right = 11 set_index’low = 11 set_index’high = 21 set_index’ascending = false set_index’image(14) = “14” set_index’value(“20”) = 20Restrictions on coding style for RTL model VHDL Ch02

  33. Attributes of Scalar Types • Discrete types are integer and all enumerated types. • T’pos(x): position of x in T • T’val(n): value in T at position n • T’succ(x): successor of x in T • T’pred(x): predecessor of x in T • T’leftof(x): value in T at position one left of x • T’rightof(x): value in T at position one right of x VHDL Ch02

  34. Example type logic_level is (unknown, low, undriven, high); logic_level’pos(unknown) = 0 logic_level’val(3) = high logic_level’succ(unknown) = low logic_level’pred(undriven) = low VHDL Ch02

  35. Expression and Operators • Primary values that can be used in expressions: • Literal values • Identifiers representing data objects (constants, variables) • Attributes that yield values • Qualified expressions • Type-converted expressions and • Expressions in parentheses VHDL Ch02

  36. Expression and Operators • VHDL operators • See page 53~54 VHDL Ch02

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