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12 years ago

Implementing User-Defined "Wait For" time

Disclaimer: I'm a noob I'm trying to implement an entity which takes as an input a 16-bit binary number called bounceWidth( in std_ulogic_vector(15 downto 0)) which will represent the time in ...
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12 years ago

Well, for a start, you cannot use wait statements in a process with a sensitivity list. This is a vhdl restriction, not a quartus one.

secondly, wait statements are not synthesisable. What circuit do you expect from a wait statement. You're going to need some form of counter (and as a hint, it will not involve a loop).