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15 years ago

ROM initialization

Hi, I need to initialize a ROM. I will probably use the Cyclone EP1C6 device. My questions are: 1. Is there a dedicated memory\way of declaration for ROM\RAM or can I just define it in my code in ...
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15 years ago

Heres a direct link:

http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/qts/qts_qii51007.pdf

The megawizard is required if you need a dual port dual clocked memory, but if its a single port ROM it can be overkill. Just stick with defining a constant. And dont think it has to be an array of std_logic_vector either. You can use integers, signed, unsigned, ufixed, sfixed, boolean. Use the most appropriate type.