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16 years ago

How to initialize content of a RAM without using Megawizard

Hello world, Here is my problem. I would like to initialize the content of a RAM block with an external text file without using the megawizard plugin. The following VHDL is working correctly ...
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16 years ago

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Well it doesnt complain, but the Altera coding guidlines dont have any mention of textio in there.

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doesn't complain is not enough, because a lot of simulation related stuff is ignored by the Quartus compiler intentionally. It may be the case also with this kind of initialisation. Initialisation within the VHDL code is always considered, e.g. for inferred ROM or RAM preloaded data.