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13 years ago

Embedding build number in VHDL?

I'd like some automatic way of putting a build or release or version number into my design so that I can check what version a given PCB is programmed with. Can anyone suggest how to do this? I...
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13 years ago

My other suggestion is to write a script that places day, month, year, and version into RAM and then these RAM contents are read via USB/Serial interface. While many have suggested using TCL, my preference is to use Python and automatically generate the entire VHDL (or Verilog) code for this portion of the design.