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14 years ago

500Khz to 5-10Hz verlog LED divider

Hi, I want to create a 500Khz signal 3.3v to 5-10Hz verlog divider, for a led driver. I have some experience of verlog and ideas. Is there a simpler method of debugging that using...
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14 years ago

From 500 kHz to 10 Hz is a ratio of 50 k = 50000. So a binary up counter 16 bit will give you a ratio of 65,536. If counter output is [15..0], then MSB [15] is ok for your application. If not, make the counter 17 bit, and outputs the MSB [16] to LED.