I'm making a reaction timer. I have made the individual modules before, and now all that remains is to use them collectively.
In other languages they are used as functions that return a value. Here I understand that modules are instantiated. I know how to instantiate as I have done for the LFSR, but for the LED multiplexer, I don't know how to.
Here is my LFSR code that will be instantiated into the main module:
module LFSR(
input clock,
input reset,
output [29:0] rnd
);
wire feedback = rnd[29] ^ rnd[5] ^ rnd[3] ^ rnd[0];
reg [29:0] random;
always @ (posedge clock or posedge reset)
begin
if (reset)
random <= 30'hF;
else
random <= {random[28:0], feedback};
end
assign rnd = random;
endmodule
And here is the main module. At places I have to call the LED circuit to display "Hi" and then later to display the stop watch. Ive marked them with comments.. How can i do that?
module reaction(
input clock,
input reset,
input start,
input stop,
output a,
output b,
output c,
output d,
output e,
output f,
output g,
output h,
output dp,
output led
);
reg [29:0] random;
LFSR random_gen(.clock(clock), .reset(reset), .rnd(random));
localparam [1:0]
idle = 2'b00,
start = 2'b01,
time_it = 2'b10,
stop = 2'b11;
reg state_reg, state_next;
reg [29:0] count_reg, count_next;
always @ (posedge clock or posedge reset)
begin
if(reset)
begin
state_reg <= idle;
count_reg <= 0;
end
else
state_reg <= state_next;
count_reg <= count_next;
end
always @ (*)
begin
state_next = state_reg; //default state stays the same
count_next = count_reg;
case(state_reg)
idle:
//"DISPLAY HI HERE .......... HOW??
if(start)
begin
count_next = random;
state_next = start;
end
start:
if(count_next == 750000000) // 750M equals a delay of 15 seconds.
begin
led = 1'b1;
state_next = time_it;
end
else
count_next = count_reg + 1;
time_it:
//START STOPWATCH????????
Now I have already made a working stopwatch. Its written below:
module stopwatch(
input clock,
input reset,
input start,
output a, b, c, d, e, f, g, dp,
output [3:0] an
);
reg [3:0] reg_d0, reg_d1, reg_d2, reg_d3; //registers that will hold the individual counts
reg [22:0] ticker; //23 bits needed to count up to 5M bits
wire click;
//the mod 5M clock to generate a tick ever 0.1 second
always @ (posedge clock or posedge reset)
begin
if(reset)
ticker <= 0;
else if(ticker == 5000000) //if it reaches the desired max value reset it
ticker <= 0;
else if(start) //only start if the input is set high
ticker <= ticker + 1;
end
assign click = ((ticker == 5000000)?1'b1:1'b0); //click to be assigned high every 0.1 second
always @ (posedge clock or posedge reset)
begin
if (reset)
begin
reg_d0 <= 0;
reg_d1 <= 0;
reg_d2 <= 0;
reg_d3 <= 0;
end
else if (click) //increment at every click
begin
if(reg_d0 == 9) //xxx9 - the 0.1 second digit
begin //if_1
reg_d0 <= 0;
if (reg_d1 == 9) //xx99
begin // if_2
reg_d1 <= 0;
if (reg_d2 == 5) //x599 - the two digit seconds digits
begin //if_3
reg_d2 <= 0;
if(reg_d3 == 9) //9599 - The minute digit
reg_d3 <= 0;
else
reg_d3 <= reg_d3 + 1;
end
else //else_3
reg_d2 <= reg_d2 + 1;
end
else //else_2
reg_d1 <= reg_d1 + 1;
end
else //else_1
reg_d0 <= reg_d0 + 1;
end
end
//The Circuit for Multiplexing - Look at my other post for details on this
localparam N = 18;
reg [N-1:0]count;
always @ (posedge clock or posedge reset)
begin
if (reset)
count <= 0;
else
count <= count + 1;
end
reg [6:0]sseg;
reg [3:0]an_temp;
reg reg_dp;
always @ (*)
begin
case(count[N-1:N-2])
2'b00 :
begin
sseg = reg_d0;
an_temp = 4'b1110;
reg_dp = 1'b1;
end
2'b01:
begin
sseg = reg_d1;
an_temp = 4'b1101;
reg_dp = 1'b0;
end
2'b10:
begin
sseg = reg_d2;
an_temp = 4'b1011;
reg_dp = 1'b1;
end
2'b11:
begin
sseg = reg_d3;
an_temp = 4'b0111;
reg_dp = 1'b0;
end
endcase
end
assign an = an_temp;
reg [6:0] sseg_temp;
always @ (*)
begin
case(sseg)
4'd0 : sseg_temp = 7'b1000000;
4'd1 : sseg_temp = 7'b1111001;
4'd2 : sseg_temp = 7'b0100100;
4'd3 : sseg_temp = 7'b0110000;
4'd4 : sseg_temp = 7'b0011001;
4'd5 : sseg_temp = 7'b0010010;
4'd6 : sseg_temp = 7'b0000010;
4'd7 : sseg_temp = 7'b1111000;
4'd8 : sseg_temp = 7'b0000000;
4'd9 : sseg_temp = 7'b0010000;
default : sseg_temp = 7'b0111111; //dash
endcase
end
assign {g, f, e, d, c, b, a} = sseg_temp;
assign dp = reg_dp;
endmodule
I hope I have been able to explain my problem.
Thank you for reading
Updated code:
module reaction(
input clock,
input reset,
input start,
input stop,
output a,
output b,
output c,
output d,
output e,
output f,
output g,
output dp,
output [3:0] an,
output reg led
);
wire [29:0] random;
reg go_hi, go_start;
//instantiate the random number generator
LFSR random_gen(.clock(clock), .reset(reset), .rnd(random));
//inistantiate module to display hi
say_hi sayhi(.clock(clock), .reset(reset), .go(go_hi), .a(a), .b(b), .c(c), .d(d),
.e(e), .f(f), .g(g), .dp(dp), .an(an));
//instantiate the millisecond timer
stopwatch timer(.clock(clock), .reset(reset), .start(go_start), .a(a), .b(b), .c(c), .d(d),
.e(e), .f(f), .g(g), .dp(dp), .an(an));
localparam [1:0]
idle = 2'b00,
starting = 2'b01,
time_it = 2'b10;
//stop = 2'b11;
reg state_reg, state_next;
reg [29:0] count_reg, count_next;
always @ (posedge clock or posedge reset)
begin
if(reset)
begin
state_reg <= idle;
count_reg <= 0;
end
else
state_reg <= state_next;
count_reg <= count_next;
end
always @ (*)
begin
state_next = state_reg; //default state stays the same
count_next = count_reg;
case(state_reg)
idle:
begin
//DISPLAY HI HERE
go_hi = 1;
if(start)
begin
go_hi = 0; //dont display hi anymore
count_next = random;
state_next = starting;
end
end
starting:
begin
if(count_next == 750) // 750M equals a delay of 15 seconds.
begin //and starting from 'rand' ensures a random delay
led = 1'b1;
state_next = time_it;
end
else
count_next = count_reg + 1;
end
time_it:
begin
go_start = 1;
if(stop)
go_start = 0;
end
endcase
end
endmodule