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13 years ago

How to define a variable and assign a variable

want to define and assign variable, however got error when use variable Error (10500): VHDL syntax error at LabT1.vhd(31) near text "variable"; expecting "end", or "(", or an identifier ("variable"...
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13 years ago

As a general suggestion, you should use CONSTANT objects instead of variables. They can be defined in the declaration part of the architecture with arithmetic expressions.

An address counter to select data bytes for transmission is missing. You also can't send 8-Bit data to a 4-Bit transmit port.