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11 years ago

Decimal point arithmetic

Hi, I am trying to do some math involving degrees for my program. I have two values A and B, both 8 bit Std_logic_vector. I need to calculate the angle given by arctan(B/A). Since this is a very expe...
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11 years ago

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With only 8 bit on A and B, it would be very easy to use a look up table to find the values you need.

A LUT is just a rom where you input value is the address (angle)

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Thank you! unfortunately im in a very space constrained environment so i cant spare the memory for a custom look up table! ironically, i have more programmable LUTs to spare than i do memory.