iverilog/ivtest/ivltests/timebase.vhd

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library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
use ieee.std_logic_unsigned.all;
-- The operation is:
-- 1) An internal counter is initilaised to zero after a reset is received.
-- 2) An enable allows an internal running counter to count clock pulses
-- 3) A tick signal output is generated when a the number of pulses accumulated
-- are equal to a specified parameter
entity TimeBase is
generic (N: in Natural := 12; VALUE: Natural := 1999);
port(
CLOCK : in std_logic; -- input clock of 20MHz
TICK : out std_logic; -- out 1 sec timebase signal
RESET : in std_logic; -- master reset signal (active high)
ENABLE : in std_logic;
COUNT_VALUE: out std_logic_vector (N-1 downto 0)
);
end TimeBase;
architecture TimeBase_rtl of TimeBase is
signal RunningCounter : std_logic_vector(N-1 downto 0); -- this is the N bit free running counter to allow a big count
begin
RunningCounterProcess : process (CLOCK)
begin
if ( CLOCK'event and CLOCK = '1') then
if (RESET = '1') then
RunningCounter <= (others => '0');
elsif ( ENABLE = '1') then
RunningCounter <= RunningCounter + 1;
end if;
else
RunningCounter <= RunningCounter;
end if;
end process;
TICK <= '1' when (RunningCounter = VALUE) else '0';
COUNT_VALUE <= RunningCounter;
end TimeBase_rtl;