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Altera_Forum
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9 years ago

Vending Machine

Hi there. I have a school project which consists in a vending machine that has 3 products ( diferent prices) and i can only use 4 type of coins. My idea is to make a FSM ( where each state eq...
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9 years ago

I agree with andre_teprom making a drawing of your design helps in understanding what you are doing. Once you have drawn your state machine you can look at states that are identical and have paths to the same destination under the same conditions. These can be simplified into one state. If you have your drawing, then write the code. It also helps in spotting dead ends or unwanted loops.