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11 years ago

State Machine - define an initial state

Hi, so I'm doing this activity and I have to make a controller, but it does not have a reset or any input. It have to start the moment I put power on the circuit. Here comes the problem, when I try t...
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11 years ago

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for simulating i think you can define it when you create the signal i.e.

signal EA : states := Initial_state;

or

signal EA : states := Second_state;

depending where you want it to start

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That should also affect the power up state of the state registers during synthesis - but it's just easiest to leave it to initialise to the left most defined value.