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Verilog Detailed Introduction and Best Practices

Verilog is a hardware description language used for designing digital circuits, allowing for modeling and simulation at various abstraction levels. It supports both combinational and sequential logic, with best practices including modular design, clock domain management, and the use of non-blocking assignments. Key recommendations also emphasize avoiding latch inference and implementing synchronous resets for reliable FPGA designs.

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Verilog Detailed Introduction and Best Practices

Verilog is a hardware description language used for designing digital circuits, allowing for modeling and simulation at various abstraction levels. It supports both combinational and sequential logic, with best practices including modular design, clock domain management, and the use of non-blocking assignments. Key recommendations also emphasize avoiding latch inference and implementing synchronous resets for reliable FPGA designs.

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Verilog: Detailed

Introduction and Best


Practices
LinkedIn: Seghrouchni Yassine
Introduction to Verilog
Verilog is a hardware description language
(HDL) used for designing digital circuits
such as FPGAs and ASICs. It enables de-
signers to model and simulate circuits at
different levels of abstraction, from sim-
ple gates to complex systems.

Verilog Syntax and Structure


A Verilog design is typically composed of
multiple **modules**. Each module rep-
resents a specific hardware block. The
following is an example of an AND gate:

module and_gate (
input wire A,
input wire B,
output wire Y
);
assign Y = A & B;
endmodule

In this example, ‘A‘ and ‘B‘ are the in-


puts, while ‘Y‘ is the output. The ‘assign‘
statement is used to define the combina-
tional logic that produces the output.
Combinational and Sequen-
tial Logic
Verilog allows you to describe both com-
binational and sequential logic:
Combinational Logic: Outputs depend
only on current inputs. This is often ex-
pressed using ‘assign‘ statements, like:
assign Y = A & B;

Sequential Logic: Outputs depend on


both current inputs and previous states,
typically modeled using ‘always‘ blocks trig-
gered by clock signals:
always @( posedge clk) begin
Q <= D;
end

Tip

When modeling sequential logic,


use non-blocking assignments
(‘<=‘) inside ‘always‘ blocks to
ensure proper timing of updates.
Best Practices
1. Modular Design: Break down your de-
sign into smaller, reusable modules. For
instance, here’s a Full Adder module:

module full_adder (
input wire A, B, Cin ,
output wire Sum , Cout
);
assign Sum = A ^ B ^ Cin;
assign Cout = (A & B) | (Cin & (A
endmodule

2. Clock Domain Management: Al-


ways ensure that all flip-flops or registers
are clocked by a single clock domain. Be
careful when crossing between clock do-
mains to avoid timing issues.
3. Non-blocking Assignments: When
describing sequential logic, use non-blocking
assignments (‘<=‘) for updating state vari-
ables:

always @( posedge clk) begin


data_reg <= data_in ;
end

4. Avoid Latch Inference: Ensure that


all branches are covered in your ‘always‘
blocks to avoid unintentional latch infer-
ence. For example:
always @(*) begin
if ( enable )
Y = A & B;
else
Y = 0;
end

5. Synchronous Resets: Using syn-


chronous resets is a safer approach in FPGA
designs, ensuring that resets occur in align-
ment with the clock signal:
always @( posedge clk) begin
if (reset)
Q <= 0;
else
Q <= D;
end

Tip

Synchronous resets avoid issues


caused by glitches in the reset sig-
nal and ensure predictable behav-
ior, especially in FPGAs.

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