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15 years ago

Unsafe Latch behavior and inferred latches

Hey Everyone, I am a little confused on how Quartus decides if something is an actual latch or an inferred latch. For example in the following code, latch_counter and control_word_register are ...
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15 years ago

Look at what is in your process sensitivity list. If you write a function that responds to reset and posedge clk then it will most likely be a register. If it responds to other stuff and has incomplete in/then statements it may fold it into a latch.