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11 years ago

is "for loop" in counter looping according clock cycle?

Hi, all I would like to create a adjustable delay counter using verilog. I use for loop inside. However, I notice that the for loop does not count base on clock cycle. Any mistake I done? Bel...
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11 years ago

Keep in mind this isn't software. What you do with Verilog is construct hardware. A for statement from 0 to 9 generates 10 pieces of hardware that all run at the same time. Sometimes this is what you want, but in no way is it similar to what a for loop in software does.