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14 years ago

"When others" best practice?

Hello, I need to create a design that takes a different action according to the data input. I made a few tests here using both CASE and IF statements. From 64 different input values the system ...
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14 years ago

Thanks Tricky and rbugalho!

Yes, all the code is synchronous.

The difference in LE when I don't use "when others" and when I assign a value to the signal is huge. This is why I want to see if there is anything I can do to reduce the logic usage.

I don't need priority in this system so I went first for the CASE statement usage. I was then shocked by the amount of logic generated so I started experimenting until I found that the IF statement was "more efficient"...

Best regards,

Thiago