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15 years ago

Cyclone reset/POR

Hi, I'm using the cyclone EP1C6 device. Just to make sure - which pin can be used as the reset state monitoring pin, meaning that in the VHDL code I can write (for example): if (reset = '0') the...
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15 years ago

Hi FvM,

thanks for the reply. I'm not a VHDL expert but when I write the code I usually write something like:

if reset = '0' then

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elsif rising_edge(clk) then

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If I understand correctly you're saying that there is no need for the first "if" so I should initialize all the values in the object declaration section and in the code itself just start from the "if rising_edge(clk)..." part?