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VHDL help in state machines!
I have to write a vhdl code to accept inputs serially in the form of bytes(1 byte at a time). These bytes are in a particular order i.e they are received in packets where each packet is a frame with a specific number of bytes. This number of bytes in a frame can be defined by the user and is fixed. The main purpose of my code is to:
1. Assign one special byte to mark the beginning of each frame.
2. Search for the special byte in order to start receving data.
3. If the special byte is not found at regular intervals i.e after the number of bytes that the user defined, an error is indicated. Variables to keep count of the errors and the number of special bytes are assigned.
4. If the special byte is found before or after the specific number of bytes, then besides indicating an error, the code should resume receiving data from that special byte.
I know that i have to go about it using state machines, but i don't exactly understnd how the structure of the program and states should be
This was my attempt at the program and i know it is wrong. how can i correct it to do what i want it to do:
I can explain it in even better detail if necessary. Please help me at the earliest.
I have to write a vhdl code to accept inputs serially in the form of bytes(1 byte at a time). These bytes are in a particular order i.e they are received in packets where each packet is a frame with a specific number of bytes. This number of bytes in a frame can be defined by the user and is fixed. The main purpose of my code is to:
1. Assign one special byte to mark the beginning of each frame.
2. Search for the special byte in order to start receving data.
3. If the special byte is not found at regular intervals i.e after the number of bytes that the user defined, an error is indicated. Variables to keep count of the errors and the number of special bytes are assigned.
4. If the special byte is found before or after the specific number of bytes, then besides indicating an error, the code should resume receiving data from that special byte.
I know that i have to go about it using state machines, but i don't exactly understnd how the structure of the program and states should be
This was my attempt at the program and i know it is wrong. how can i correct it to do what i want it to do:
Code:
-- [B][B][B]entity packet_format_error_detection is
port (
data_receive, special_byte : in STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(0 to 7);
no_of_bytes : in STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(0 to 7);
clock, subclock : in STD_LOGIC
);
end final_packet_format_error_detection;
architecture statemachine of packet_format_error_detection is
type statetype is (IDLE, START_DETECTION, RECEIVE_DATA);
signal state, next_state: statetype;
signal no_error_bytes : integer range 0 to 1024;
signal no_special_bytes : integer range 0 to 1024;
signal byte_count : integer range 0 to 1024;
begin
operation: process(state, data_receive, special_byte, no_of_bytes, no_error_bytes, no_special_bytes )
begin
no_error_bytes <= 0;
no_special_bytes <= 0;
byte_count <= 0;
case state is
when IDLE => if(data_receive = special_byte) then
next_state <= START_DETECTION;
else next_state <= IDLE;
end if;
when START_DETECTION => if( clock'event and clock = '1') then
next_state <= RECEIVE_DATA;
else
next_state <= START_DETECTION;
end if;
when RECEIVE_DATA => if( subclock'event and subclock = '1') then
byte_count <= byte_count + 1;
if(data_receive = special_byte) then
if(byte_count = no_of_bytes) then
no_special_bytes <= no_special_bytes + 1;
byte_count <= 0;
next_state <= IDLE;
else
no_special_bytes <= no_special_bytes + 1;
no_error_bytes <= no_error_bytes + 1;
byte_count <= 0;
next_state <= RECEIVE_DATA;
end if;
else
next_state <= RECEIVE_DATA;
end if;
else
next_state <= RECEIVE_DATA;
end if;
end case;
end process;
end statemachine;
[/B][/B][/B]I can explain it in even better detail if necessary. Please help me at the earliest.
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