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11 years ago

Alternatives to min max?

Hi, Are there any alternatives for min/max in verilog? For not running past a vector. The best way i can figure out is to give it a bit or two headroom and using an extra if statement. Not ...
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11 years ago

Yes my bad, example I gave you was 12 bits, one hex digit is 4bits.

for 3 bits is

Bin Decimal

Min 000 0

Max 111 7

So my point was to get a min / max value of any number of bits you don't need any extra bit,

just use the value all "1" to compare and you have your max value

and use the value all "0" to compare and you have your min value