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Hi Jerry!
The FPGA part number used was EP2C70F896C6.
Actually, by the documentation each lcell brings about 447ps delay.
I got the 4.25ns by simulation and oscilloscope :)
I had change a lot of things meanwhile and finished it about July/2011. My last code for the pulse delay module is this:
LIBRARY ieee;
USE ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
ENTITY pd IS
PORT
(
pulse :in std_logic;
pulse_d :out std_logic
);
end pd;
architecture beha of pd is
-- N gives the pulse delay multiplier. pulse_delay = N*lcell_delay
-- N must be adjusted to be coherent to pulse_delay desired and lcell_delay of using device
-- logic cell delay can be found in device performance documentation
constant N : integer := 17;
-- lcell array with N elements
signal delay_line: std_logic_vector(N-1 downto 0);
-- these attributes force synthesizer to keep our buffer alone :)
-- this ensures that delay is the expected
attribute keep: boolean;
attribute keep of delay_line: signal is true;
begin
gen_delay:
for i IN 1 TO N-1 generate
delay_line(i) <= delay_line(i-1);
end generate;
delay_line(0) <= pulse;
pulse_d <= delay_line(N-1);
end beha;
This is easier to change, as if you need more or less delay per instance you just need to increase or decrease, respectively, the constant N value.
The delay value will be N*lcell_delay.
Hope this can be helpful :)
Cheers,
Mateus
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Dear mazzeo:
thanks for you reply, it's very useful for me.
for the lcell's delay value, where do you find from datasheet? i mean, can you point me which paper, which chapter?
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