how to do counter that stops at a certain number

how to do this

hi friends

I'd like to do the following using vhdl

for the first 40 clock cycle the output is zero

after that the output is 1 forever

I know that I can use an FSM

but it will has 40 states

so any other idea?

thanks

Re: how to do this

Why would it have to have 40 states? You can have one state that counts to 40, and upon reaching 40, it goes to the next state where your signal is set to one, and it stays in that state until the block is reset, or some other condition of your choosing.

Having said that, you just need to have a counter that counts up to 40 and then stops. When the counter is less than 40, your signal is zero, and when it is equal to 40, it is one.

r.b.

how to do this

thanks rberek

but how to design a counter that stops at a certain number (40 in my case)

Re: how to do this

Here is the code

entity count_40 id
port( clk,reset :in std_logic;
op ut std_logic;
);
end count_40;

architecture arch_count_40 of count_40 is
signal count:integer(0 to 41);
begin
process(clk,reset)
begin
if (reset= '0') then
count<= 0;
elsif(clk'event and clk='1')
count<= count+'1';
else count<= '41';
end process;

op<= '0' when (count<='40') else '1';

end arch_count_40;

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Re: how to do this

Hi,

prathiba's code will work, but not written in a efficient way, I just wrote it in FSM approach and here the counter will not toggle all the time while clock is running.


parameter [1:0] reset = 2'b10,
count = 2'b00,
no_count = 2'b01;

parameter count_num_param = 40;

reg [1:0] state, next_state;
reg next_count_number, count_number;

always@*
begin

next_state = state;
next_count_number = count_number;

case(state)
reset :
next_state = count;
count :
begin
if(count_number != count_num_param)
begin
next_state = count;
next_count_number = count_number + 1;
end
else
begin
next_state = no_count;
next_count_number = 0;
end
end
no_count :
next_state = no_count;
endcase

end


always@(posedge reset or posedge clock)
if(reset) begin
state <= reset;
count_number <= 0;
end
else begin
state <= next_state;
count_number <= next_count_number;
end

assign signal_o = state[0]; // o/p signal

Regards,
dcreddy1980

Re: how to do this

This seems the easiest to me...