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Verilog/VHDL
by eejlny on Aug 26, 2009
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Hello,

I am interested in joining the development and I have developed a high-performance programmable and configurable motion estimation engine mapped to an FPGA which runs under x.264. Now my work is in VHDL but I see that you have selected Verilog. Why do you want to restrict yourself to a single language?. Successful open-source projects such as the Leon3 SPARC processor include components in Verilog/VHDL and FPGA synthesis and P&R tools will compile both of them with no problems. I think to open the language to both VHDL/Verilog will be a good idea for a complex project such as this one.

Regards

Jose
RE: Verilog/VHDL
by gil_savir on Aug 26, 2009
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I think that we are also limited by the open-source eda tools that exist. I know there is open Verilog simulator (Icarus). I don't know which open tools exist for VHDL. However, I'm almost sure there is no open HDL simulator that supports mixed language VHDL/Verilog simulations. Maybe this is a good place to list available open HDL tools. I'm also not sure if there exist any open HVL (HW Verification Language) tool that supports decent verification language (E, Specman, Systemverilog,...). Does anyone has experience with open-HW verification?
RE: Verilog/VHDL
by rfajardo on Aug 27, 2009
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Hi,

Icarus Verilog support little of System Verilog.

If you use verilator you can apply SystemC to verify your design. Which also enables you to use the libraries below for verification and the own SystemC Verification Library (SCV).

http://www.trusster.com/ have two libraries for hardware verification, both for C++ and System Verilog.

For VHDL you can use both ghdl and freehdl.

I hope that gives some hint on what is available.
Raul
RE: Verilog/VHDL
by arrival on Feb 1, 2010
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Hello,

i would also like to help with RTL development, but currently my experience is vhdl only

what about hdl to verilog translation tools? would that be an option?


Hi,

Icarus Verilog support little of System Verilog.

If you use verilator you can apply SystemC to verify your design. Which also enables you to use the libraries below for verification and the own SystemC Verification Library (SCV).

http://www.trusster.com/ have two libraries for hardware verification, both for C++ and System Verilog.

For VHDL you can use both ghdl and freehdl.

I hope that gives some hint on what is available.
Raul
RE: Verilog/VHDL
by tlinden on Apr 13, 2010
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Altera provides a free version of ModelSim which will simulate VHDL. I believe that Xilinx does the same. However, it is a windows only tool.
RE: Verilog/VHDL
by a_fezo on Apr 26, 2010
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Hello,

I am interested in joining the development and I have developed a high-performance programmable and configurable motion estimation engine mapped to an FPGA which runs under x.264. Now my work is in VHDL but I see that you have selected Verilog. Why do you want to restrict yourself to a single language?. Successful open-source projects such as the Leon3 SPARC processor include components in Verilog/VHDL and FPGA synthesis and P&R tools will compile both of them with no problems. I think to open the language to both VHDL/Verilog will be a good idea for a complex project such as this one.

Regards

Jose

RE: Verilog/VHDL
by arrival on Apr 27, 2010
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I agree!


Hello,

I am interested in joining the development and I have developed a high-performance programmable and configurable motion estimation engine mapped to an FPGA which runs under x.264. Now my work is in VHDL but I see that you have selected Verilog. Why do you want to restrict yourself to a single language?. Successful open-source projects such as the Leon3 SPARC processor include components in Verilog/VHDL and FPGA synthesis and P&R tools will compile both of them with no problems. I think to open the language to both VHDL/Verilog will be a good idea for a complex project such as this one.

Regards

Jose

RE: Verilog/VHDL
by jt_eaton on Apr 27, 2010
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Hello,

I am interested in joining the development and I have developed a high-performance programmable and configurable motion estimation engine mapped to an FPGA which runs under x.264. Now my work is in VHDL but I see that you have selected Verilog. Why do you want to restrict yourself to a single language?. Successful open-source projects such as the Leon3 SPARC processor include components in Verilog/VHDL and FPGA synthesis and P&R tools will compile both of them with no problems. I think to open the language to both VHDL/Verilog will be a good idea for a complex project such as this one.

Regards

Jose



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The main problem is simulation. While it is common for real eda tools ($$$$) to support both that ability is rare among the freely available open sourced simulators. I do everything in verilog simply because icarus is a great tool but only supports verilog.

You could release components as both verilog and vhdl but unless you have access to LEC ( logic equivalence checking) then ensuring that they are identical is hard.


John Eaton
RE: Verilog/VHDL
by jimmy777 on Aug 10, 2010
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hello everyone can anybody tell me where i can found the cordic alog code in vhdl for finding sine, sq root , log..etc plz do reply to this post asap i have to complete my project friends bye
RE: Verilog/VHDL
by ashwinbalani on Aug 10, 2010
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Hello Jimmy,
Please contact me on ashwinbalani@gmail.com to get the code for Cordic Processor in both the modes.
RE: Verilog/VHDL
by kaushik_mallibhat on Mar 2, 2011
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hello sir/madam
can some body help me by sending verilog code to do motion estimation
RE: Verilog/VHDL
by jamesedgar on Mar 6, 2011
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Kaushik --
See: http://opencores.org/project,macroblock_motion_detection for verilog code to do motion estimation. There is a smaller project that uses a log search for the best match for a macroblock in a group of 9 macroblocks, and a more complicated project that uses the first project as a base and is timed to repeatedly do the same search on an entire video frame.

James
RE: Verilog/VHDL
by gkamal on Mar 16, 2011
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hi i am the beginner .... i have much interest in vlsi but i am lacking in basics... how can i learn concepts regarding this.. please help in improving my skills please suggest me....
RE: Verilog/VHDL
by kaushik_mallibhat on Mar 16, 2011
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thank you jamesedgar. but i am using ARPS algorithm... hw can i modify this program? can u pls suggest me... thank you
RE: Verilog/VHDL
by kaushik_mallibhat on Mar 16, 2011
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gkamal
I appreciate your interest. but VLSI is very vast. first be clear in which direction u r travelling to.
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