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Hi everyone,
I cannot simulate a simple AND Gate

the original project:
I have downloaded the AND gate VHDL to a CPLD and it works file
without adding extra bits to simulate.
You create the ucf file and download to the CPLD and then real time
I've tested the out put and it works fine

I am getting to the AND gate project becuase I am having problem
simulating bigger VHDL code. trying to understand the basic.

When I simulate in ISim from 11.1 suite, I went step by step and I
figured out the simulation only run through the code outputC <=
inputA and inputB; only once.

So I added a SEQ and simulater again and this time it does do back to
the VHDL file and run outputC <= inputA and inputB; every time the
clk rising

the problem I have now is I cannot simulate a simple AND Gate in Isim
look at the tb file I have create when inputA is like the clock,
inputB is high always, but outputC is dead

Could you please help??? Thanks



This is the original project
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library IEEE;
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.ALL;
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_ARITH.ALL;
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_UNSIGNED.ALL;

---- Uncomment the following library declaration if instantiating
---- any Xilinx primitives in this code.
--library UNISIM;
--use UNISIM.VComponents.all;

entity MyANDGate is
Port (inputA : in STD_LOGIC;
inputB : in STD_LOGIC;
outputC : out STD_LOGIC);
end MyANDGate;

architecture Behavioral of MyANDGate is

begin

outputC <= inputA and inputB;

end Behavioral;

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Adding bit for simulation
VHDL file

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library IEEE;
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.ALL;
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_ARITH.ALL;
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_UNSIGNED.ALL;

---- Uncomment the following library declaration if instantiating
---- any Xilinx primitives in this code.
--library UNISIM;
--use UNISIM.VComponents.all;

entity MyANDGate is
Port ( clk : in STD_LOGIC; -- simulation purpose only

inputA : in STD_LOGIC;
inputB : in STD_LOGIC;
outputC : out STD_LOGIC);
end MyANDGate;

architecture Behavioral of MyANDGate is


begin


SEQ: process(clk)
begin
if (clk'event and clk = '1') then
outputC <= inputA and inputB;

end if;
end process SEQ;

end Behavioral;

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the tb file

LIBRARY ieee;
USE ieee.std_logic_1164.ALL;
USE ieee.std_logic_unsigned.all;
USE ieee.numeric_std.ALL;

ENTITY MyANDGate_tb IS
END MyANDGate_tb;

ARCHITECTURE behavior OF MyANDGate_tb IS

-- Component Declaration for the Unit Under Test (UUT)

COMPONENT MyANDGate
PORT(
clk : in std_logic;
inputA : IN std_logic;
inputB : IN std_logic;
outputC : OUT std_logic
);
END COMPONENT;


--Inputs
signal clk : std_logic := '0';
signal inputA : std_logic := '0';
signal inputB : std_logic := '1';

--Outputs
signal outputC : std_logic;

constant clk_period : time := 0.5425347us;

BEGIN

-- Instantiate the Unit Under Test (UUT)
uut: MyANDGate PORT MAP (
clk => clk,
inputA => inputA,
inputB => inputB,
outputC => outputC
);

-- No clocks detected in port list. Replace <clock> below with
-- appropriate port name

clk_process rocess
begin
clk <= '0';
inputA <= '0';
wait for clk_period/2;
clk <= '1';
inputA <= '1';
wait for clk_period/2;

end process;


-- Stimulus process
stim_proc: process
begin
-- hold reset state for 100ms.
wait for 100ms;

wait for clk_period*10;

-- insert stimulus here

wait;
end process;

END;

Peter wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I cannot simulate a simple AND Gate
>
> the original project:
> I have downloaded the AND gate VHDL to a CPLD and it works file
> without adding extra bits to simulate.
> You create the ucf file and download to the CPLD and then real time
> I've tested the out put and it works fine
>
> I am getting to the AND gate project becuase I am having problem
> simulating bigger VHDL code. trying to understand the basic.
>
> When I simulate in ISim from 11.1 suite, I went step by step and I
> figured out the simulation only run through the code outputC <=
> inputA and inputB; only once.
>
> So I added a SEQ and simulater again and this time it does do back to
> the VHDL file and run outputC <= inputA and inputB; every time the
> clk rising
>
> the problem I have now is I cannot simulate a simple AND Gate in Isim
> look at the tb file I have create when inputA is like the clock,
> inputB is high always, but outputC is dead
>
> Could you please help??? Thanks
>

Look at the relationship of the CLK, inputA, inputB in the simulator.

This is fix now the problem was the "if clock" was evaluating the
signal only when the clock/inputA is in high, after removing that
condition the output works as it should. Thanks

Hi, Other thing I have found out there was not needed to add a SEQ at
the main VHDL code, before the simulator was getting only once at the
and function, but now it does without it. Regards,