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13 years ago

Generating a signal with noise

What i am doing is i am trying to do is add random numbers to a signal to find PSD later. I wrote a code for random numbers generator which is working fine shown below:

LIBRARY ieee;

USE ieee.std_logic_1164.ALL;

ENTITY random IS ------> Interface

GENERIC (n : INTEGER := 32); -- Input bit width

PORT( clk : IN STD_LOGIC;

random_num : OUT STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (n-1 DOWNTO 0)

);

END random;

ARCHITECTURE Behavioral of random is

BEGIN

PROCESS(clk)

VARIABLE rand_temp : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(n-1 DOWNTO 0) := (n-1 => '1' , OTHERS => '0');

VARIABLE temp : STD_LOGIC := '0';

BEGIN

IF(RISING_EDGE(clk)) THEN

temp := rand_temp(n-1) XOR rand_temp(n-2);

rand_temp(n-1 DOWNTO 1) := rand_temp(n-2 DOWNTO 0);

rand_temp(0) := temp;

END IF;

random_num <= rand_temp;

END PROCESS;

END;

After that i tried to add the random signal to a known signal to get a new signal so i can find PSD. I wrote a code for that and i am getting some errors. The code is

PACKAGE n_bit_int IS-- User-defined type

SUBTYPE BITS32 IS INTEGER RANGE -2**32 TO 2**32-1; -- -256 ~255

SUBTYPE BITS33 IS INTEGER RANGE -2**33 TO 2**33-1; -- -512 ~511

END PACKAGE n_bit_int;

LIBRARY WORK;

USE WORK.n_bit_int.ALL;

LIBRARY IEEE;

USE IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.ALL;

USE IEEE.STD_LOGIC_ARITH.ALL;

USE IEEE.MATH_REAL.ALL;

ENTITY cumulants IS

GENERIC (n : INTEGER := 32);

PORT( clk : IN STD_LOGIC;

x0 : IN BITS32;

x1 : IN BITS32;

x2 : IN BITS32;

x3 : IN BITS32;

y0 : OUT BITS33;

y1 : OUT BITS33;

y2 : OUT BITS33;

y3 : OUT BITS33

);

END ENTITY cumulants;

ARCHITECTURE Behavioral of cumulants is

COMPONENT random

PORT( clk : IN STD_LOGIC;

random_num : OUT STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (n-1 DOWNTO 0)

);

END COMPONENT random;

BEGIN

PROCESS

VARIABLE rand_temp : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(n-1 DOWNTO 0);

BEGIN

u1 : PORT MAP ( clk => clk1, random => rand_temp );

y0 <= x0 + rand_temp;

y1 <= x1 + rand_temp;

y2 <= x2 + rand_temp;

y3 <= x3 + rand_temp;

END PROCESS;

END;

The errors are

Error (10500): VHDL syntax error at cumulants.vhd(49) near text "PORT"; expecting "(", or an identifier ("port" is a reserved keyword), or a sequential statement

Error (10500): VHDL syntax error at cumulants.vhd(49) near text ";"; expecting ":=", or "<="

Please help me. Where am i going wrong.

22 Replies

  • Altera_Forum's avatar
    Altera_Forum
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    It could be because your design isn't meeting timing requirements. What does Timequest say about your design?

    How do you check the values in and out of your division? If you are using SignalTap, could you post a screenshot with the values you get and those you expected?
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    I'd also recommend a larger CRC process for a more complex "Noise".