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Synchronous adder

This example creates a Component out of sequential logic that does some simple arithmetic on 3 operands.

The test bench performs the following steps 100 times:

  • Initialize a, b, and c to random integers in the 0..255 range.

  • Stimulate the DUT’s matching a, b, c inputs.

  • Wait until the simulation samples the DUT’s signals again.

  • Check for correct output.

The main difference between this example and the Asynchronous adder example is that this Component has to use forkStimulus to generate a clock signal, since it is using sequential logic internally.

import spinal.core._
import spinal.core.sim._

import scala.util.Random


object SimSynchronousExample {
  class Dut extends Component {
    val io = new Bundle {
      val a, b, c = in UInt (8 bits)
      val result = out UInt (8 bits)
    }
    io.result := RegNext(io.a + io.b - io.c) init(0)
  }

  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
    SimConfig.withWave.compile(new Dut).doSim{ dut =>
      dut.clockDomain.forkStimulus(period = 10)

      var resultModel = 0
      for(idx <- 0 until 100){
        dut.io.a #= Random.nextInt(256)
        dut.io.b #= Random.nextInt(256)
        dut.io.c #= Random.nextInt(256)
        dut.clockDomain.waitSampling()
        assert(dut.io.result.toInt == resultModel)
        resultModel = (dut.io.a.toInt + dut.io.b.toInt - dut.io.c.toInt) & 0xFF
      }
    }
  }
}