Xilinx Risc-V Board Tutorial : Multiplier Use and ISIM Simulation- FII-PRX100 FPGA Board Experiment 7

July 27, 2019January 11, 2020 SteveGuys

Experiment 7 Multiplier Use and ISIM Simulation

1.Experiment Objective

1. Learn to use multiplier
2. Use ISIM to simulate design output

2.Experiment Design

1. Build new project mult_sim
  - - 1. Select device XC7A100TFGG676-2
2. Design requirement
  1. 8×8 multiplier, the first input value is an 8-bit switch, and the second input value is the output of an 8-bit counter.
  2. Observe the result on Modelsim
  3. Observe the result on 6 segment decoders
3. Design procedure
  1. Create new file mult_sim.v
  2. Add PLL，set the input clock to be 50 MHz, and the output clock to be 100 MHz
  3. Add LPM_MULT IP

IP Catalog -> input Mult in the search box. Invoke the multipliers. See Fig 7. 1.

Fig 7. 1 Build IP core for multiplier

- 1. Choose input data type to be unsigned. See Fig 7. 2.

Fig 7. 2 Set the input data type and data width

- 1. Choose Pipelining and Control Signals. See Fig 7. 3. Add a delay of 1 stage. The default optimum stage is 3 stages.

Fig 7. 3 Pipelining setting

1. Choose default for other settings
2. Instantiate in the top-level entity

3.The Top-level Entity Is as Follows:

module mult_sim

(

input rst,

input inclk,

input [7:0] sw,

output [6:0] seven_seg,

output [3:0] scan

);

wire [15:0] mult_res;

wire sys_clk;

wire sys_rst;

reg [7:0] count;

always@(posedge sys_clk)

if(sys_rst)

count<=0;

else

count<=count+1;

lpm_mult8x8

(

.clock (sys_clk),

.dataa (sw),

.datab (count),

.result (mult_res)

);

pll_sys_rst pll_sys_rst_inst

(

.inclk (inclk),

.sys_clk (sys_clk),

.sys_rst (sys_rst)

);

endmodule

4.ISIM Simulation Library Compilation and Call

Under the Vivado platform, you can choose to use built-in simulation tool ISIM or third-party simulation tools for functional simulation of the project. Simulating with the Modelsim simulation tool requires a separate compilation of the simulation library. This routine uses the built-in ISIM tool emulation and briefly introduce Modelsim’s Xilinx simulation library file compilation for simulation using Modelsim.

Build simulation project. Tools -> Compile Simulation Libraries. See Fig 7. 4 for the popup window.

Fig 7. 4 Compilation library address setting

Simulation testbench code is as follows:

module mult_sim_tb;

//Define simulation signals

reg rst_n;

reg [7:0] sw;

reg clk;

wire [7:0] seven_seg;

wire [3:0] scan;

wire [15:0] mult_res;

wire [7: 0] count ;

mult_sim mult_sim_inst

(

.rst_n(rst_n),

.inclk(clk),

.sw(sw),

.count(count),

.mult_res(mult_res),

.seven_seg(seven_seg),

.scan(scan)

);

initial

begin

rst_n=0;

clk = 1;

sw = 0;

#5 rst_n=1;

#15 sw = 20;

#20 sw = 50;

#20 sw = 100;

#20 sw = 101;

#20 sw = 102;

#20 sw = 103;

#20 sw = 104;

#50 sw = 105;

$monitor(“%d * %d=%d”, count, sw, mult_res);

#1000000 $stop;

end

always

#10 clk=~clk;

endmodule

As shown in Fig 7. 5, after the simulation stimulus file is added, ISIM can be started in Simulation->Run Simulation –> Run Behavioral Simulation on the left side of the project management.