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17 years ago

clock gating

Hi Lads, I've got something interesting with a gated clock in Quartus. I implemented the clock gate as suggested in the design guidelines. Please find the code below. The RTL viewer shows the...
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17 years ago

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A better way is to use this signals as enable signals for the FF instead as a clock.

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Avoid using gated clocks. A better solution is clock enables as pletz suggested. For more information about the things to consider with gated clocks, see http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2388.