clash-prelude-1.6.2: Clash: a functional hardware description language - Prelude library
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Clash.Explicit.BlockRam.File

Description

Initializing a BlockRAM with a data file

BlockRAM primitives that can be initialized with a data file. The BNF grammar for this data file is simple:

FILE = LINE+
LINE = BIT+
BIT  = '0'
     | '1'

Consecutive LINEs correspond to consecutive memory addresses starting at 0. For example, a data file memory.bin containing the 9-bit unsigned number 7 to 13 looks like:

000000111
000001000
000001001
000001010
000001011
000001100
000001101

Such a file can be produced with memFile:

writeFile "memory.bin" (memFile Nothing [7 :: Unsigned 9 .. 13])

We can instantiate a BlockRAM using the content of the above file like so:

f :: Clock  dom
  -> Enable dom
  -> Signal dom (Unsigned 3)
  -> Signal dom (Unsigned 9)
f clk ena rd = unpack <$> blockRamFile clk ena d7 "memory.bin" rd (signal Nothing)

In the example above, we basically treat the BlockRAM as an synchronous ROM. We can see that it works as expected:

>>> import qualified Data.List as L
>>> L.tail $ sampleN 4 $ f systemClockGen enableGen (fromList [3..5])
[10,11,12]

However, we can also interpret the same data as a tuple of a 6-bit unsigned number, and a 3-bit signed number:

g :: Clock  dom
  -> Enable dom
  -> Signal dom (Unsigned 3)
  -> Signal dom (Unsigned 6,Signed 3)
g clk ena rd = unpack <$> blockRamFile clk ena d7 "memory.bin" rd (signal Nothing)

And then we would see:

>>> import qualified Data.List as L
>>> L.tail $ sampleN 4 $ g systemClockGen enableGen (fromList [3..5])
[(1,2),(1,3)(1,-4)]
Synopsis

BlockRAM synchronized to an arbitrary clock

blockRamFile Source #

Arguments

:: (KnownDomain dom, KnownNat m, Enum addr, HasCallStack) 
=> Clock dom

Clock to synchronize to

-> Enable dom

Global enable

-> SNat n

Size of the blockRAM

-> FilePath

File describing the initial content of the blockRAM

-> Signal dom addr

Read address r

-> Signal dom (Maybe (addr, BitVector m))

(write address w, value to write)

-> Signal dom (BitVector m)

Value of the blockRAM at address r from the previous clock cycle

Create a blockRAM with space for n elements

  • NB: Read value is delayed by 1 cycle
  • NB: Initial output value is undefined, reading it will throw an XException
  • NB: This function might not work for specific combinations of code-generation backends and hardware targets. Please check the support table below:

                   | VHDL     | Verilog  | SystemVerilog |
    ===============+==========+==========+===============+
    Altera/Quartus | Broken   | Works    | Works         |
    Xilinx/ISE     | Works    | Works    | Works         |
    ASIC           | Untested | Untested | Untested      |
    ===============+==========+==========+===============+
    

Additional helpful information:

blockRamFilePow2 Source #

Arguments

:: forall dom n m. (KnownDomain dom, KnownNat m, KnownNat n, HasCallStack) 
=> Clock dom

Clock to synchronize to

-> Enable dom

Global enable

-> FilePath

File describing the initial content of the blockRAM

-> Signal dom (Unsigned n)

Read address r

-> Signal dom (Maybe (Unsigned n, BitVector m))

(write address w, value to write)

-> Signal dom (BitVector m)

Value of the blockRAM at address r from the previous clock cycle

Create a blockRAM with space for 2^n elements

  • NB: Read value is delayed by 1 cycle
  • NB: Initial output value is undefined, reading it will throw an XException
  • NB: This function might not work for specific combinations of code-generation backends and hardware targets. Please check the support table below:

                   | VHDL     | Verilog  | SystemVerilog |
    ===============+==========+==========+===============+
    Altera/Quartus | Broken   | Works    | Works         |
    Xilinx/ISE     | Works    | Works    | Works         |
    ASIC           | Untested | Untested | Untested      |
    ===============+==========+==========+===============+
    

Additional helpful information:

  • See Clash.Prelude.BlockRam for more information on how to use a Block RAM.
  • Use the adapter readNew for obtaining write-before-read semantics like this: readNew clk rst en (blockRamFilePow2' clk en file) rd wrM.
  • See Clash.Explicit.BlockRam.File for more information on how to instantiate a Block RAM with the contents of a data file.
  • See memFile for creating a data file with Clash.
  • See Clash.Explicit.Fixed for more ideas on how to create your own data files.

Producing files

memFile Source #

Arguments

:: forall a f. (BitPack a, Foldable f, HasCallStack) 
=> Maybe Bit

Value to map don't care bits to. Nothing means throwing an error on don't care bits.

-> f a

Values to convert.

-> String

Contents of the memory file.

Convert data to the String contents of a memory file.

Example

The Maybe datatype has don't care bits, where the actual value does not matter. But the bits need a defined value in the memory. Either 0 or 1 can be used, and both are valid representations of the data.

>>> let es = [ Nothing, Just (7 :: Unsigned 8), Just 8]
>>> mapM_ (putStrLn . show . pack) es
0b0_...._....
0b1_0000_0111
0b1_0000_1000
>>> putStr (memFile (Just 0) es)
000000000
100000111
100001000
>>> putStr (memFile (Just 1) es)
011111111
100000111
100001000

Internal

blockRamFile# Source #

Arguments

:: forall m dom n. (KnownDomain dom, KnownNat m, HasCallStack) 
=> Clock dom

Clock to synchronize to

-> Enable dom

Global enable

-> SNat n

Size of the blockRAM

-> FilePath

File describing the initial content of the blockRAM

-> Signal dom Int

Read address r

-> Signal dom Bool

Write enable

-> Signal dom Int

Write address w

-> Signal dom (BitVector m)

Value to write (at address w)

-> Signal dom (BitVector m)

Value of the blockRAM at address r from the previous clock cycle

blockRamFile primitive

initMem :: KnownNat n => FilePath -> IO [BitVector n] Source #

NB: Not synthesizable