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9 years ago

Implementing an asynchronous counter in a FPGA

I need to implement a 32-bit counter that counts random impulsions in a FPGA. The counter has to be asynchronous (or not?) for the following reasons: - low consumption - to latch the impuls...
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9 years ago

If the signal you are trying to count does is a clean signal, no glitches etc, you can use a counter that runs with the given signal as clock, only you would have to implement a synchronising circuit to sync the countervalue to the systemclock and maybe some control signals back the other way.