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11 years ago

hi! Understanding a coding (counter), help

entity counter is generic ( n : natural := 4; ); port ( clock : in std_logic; reset_n : in std_logic; q : out std_logic_vector(n-1 downto 0) ); end entity; architecture rtl of co...
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11 years ago

Apparently you want to create a hierarchical design by instantiating the component counter in a top entity. But you don't write a separate entity, instead a second architecture inside the entity counter. This doesn't work.