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15 years ago

Optimum way to do Count = Count + 1 Using only std_logic_1164

Hello I'm new in this forum and recently I received an assigment for my Digital Systems Class. Its common to use in C/C++ or any high level language, a notation like cont = cont + 1. But my professor...
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15 years ago

An overflow detection is not necessary, because a binary 32 bit counter counts from x"FFFFFFFF" to x"00000000" on it's own. You make it count from x"FFFFFFFF" to x"00000001" which is wrong and needs more logic.