Differences between Signals and Variables in VHDL? If the
same code is written using Signals and Variables what does
it synthesize to?



Differences between Signals and Variables in VHDL? If the same code is written using Signals and Va..

Answer / seetharamukg

Signals updates a value after some "delta" time or at the
end of the process. But variable updates a value immediately.

Both variable and signals are synthesizable.
Designer should know hoe to use these 2 objects.

Ex: Signal usage
Library IEEE;
use IEEE.std_logic_1164.all;
entity xor_sig is
port (
A, B, C: in STD_LOGIC;
X, Y: out STD_LOGIC
);
end xor_sig;
architecture SIG_ARCH of xor_sig is
signal D: STD_LOGIC;
begin
SIG:process (A,B,C)
begin
D <= A; -- ignored !!
X <= C xor D;
D <= B; -- overrides !!
Y <= C xor D;
end process;
end SIG_ARCH;

Variable usage:
Library IEEE;
use IEEE.std_logic_1164.all;
use IEEE.std_logic_unsigned.all;
entity xor_var is
port (
A, B, C: in STD_LOGIC;
X, Y: out STD_LOGIC
);
end xor_var;
architecture VAR_ARCH of xor_var is
begin
VAR:process (A,B,C)
variable D: STD_LOGIC;
begin
D := A;
X <= C xor D;
D := B;
Y <= C xor D;
end process;
end VAR_ARCH;

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