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9 years ago

Dividing a negative number

Hi How can I divide a negative number by 32 ? without using a dsp ip core. thanks
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9 years ago

It will work just fine. Is there any reason you dont want to use the signed data type? then you wouldnt need to pad the sign bit as you can use the resize function:

slope <= resize( delta_t(15 downto 5), slope'length);