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11 years ago

component input or output pin assignment

i have a component in my program (named fsm) that gives integers as outputs to another component (named pwm) which takes them as inputs. should i assign pins to these integers or that is done interna...
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11 years ago

I suggest reading some basic VHDL info. Most books explain this http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41998&highlight=books

Also, if you search the internet using your favorite search engine, you should be able to find examples. The term you are looking for is "glue signal".

[edit] irish was just a little faster in answering, but I would like to reply to that as well,

The question is about component mapping. You could do this trough pins and wires, but this is not how it is supposed to be, and it will make the sytsm unnecissary complex.