Re: CAN WE HAVE SIGNALS WITH MULTIPLE SOURCES IN VHDL?

Hi

I wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year-2005.

I need one help from you regarding quadrature encoder.

we are using linear optical incremental encoder
(HEDS-9200 Q00) which gives 180 pulses/inch in my project.

i am implementing the the decoder/counter in my existing ACTEL FPGA
along with some other functinality.

can you please suggest me what would be the suggested minimim/maximum
clock freuency required to do so?


regards,

S.RANGA REDDY

Ray Andraka wrote:
> You might do this as a single process. It would also be easier if
you made this synchronous. You need a
> storage element to resolve the direction, which you have done with a
pair of counters. The direction
> cannot be determined just by the current inputs, you need to know
what they were before the latest change
> too. Normally a quadrature resolver uses a decoder circuit that then
drives a single up-down counter.
> The following code should give you the idea. I've shortened
angle_ch_A to ain and same with b to save my
> fingers. I just typed the code here, so I make no guarantees that
it'll compile without error. ain,
> bin, index are the inputs from the encoder.
>
>
> process(clk)
> variable dir: std_logic_vector(1 downto 0)="00";
> variable aold,bold: std_logic;
> begin
> if index = '1' then
> angle<= (others=> '0');
> else
> if clk'event and clk='1' then
> dir := (ain xor aold) & (bin xor bold);
> aold:=ain;
> bold:=bin;
> case dir is
> when "00" => --no change
> moved <= 0; --leave cw output alone
> when "01" => -- clockwise rotation
> angle <= angle +1;
> moved <= 1;
> cw <= 1;
> when "10" => --ccw rotation
> angle <= angle - 1;
> moved <= 1;
> cw <= 0;
> when "11" => -- this is an error condition...either a
bad sensor or rotation is faster than
> clock
> end case;
> end if;
> end if;
> end process;
>
>
>
>
> Asher C. Martin wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > My name is Asher and I am working on some VHDL code to control an
> > optical encoder (HEDS-9100) that will measure the angle that a
device
> > has rotated.
> >
> > Anyhow, I wanted to know how to drive a signal with multiple
sources in
> > VHDL. Here are some technical details. I have two different
processes
> > one called "grab_ch_A_data: PROCESS (angle_ch_A)" that triggers on
the
> > EVENT that angle_ch_A changes and the other "grab_ch_B_data:
PROCESS
> > (angle_ch_B)" triggers on the event that angle_ch_B changes.
> >
> > Inside the first process I am keeping track of whether or not the
device
> > is rotating clockwise or counter clockwise. KEY POINT: I have this
> > variable called "clockwise" in both processes and they both should
be
> > able to set "clockwise" to the direction of rotation. The
direction
> > depends on the current state of the input signals.
> >
> > Could someone please help me out? I would really appreciate it.
> >
> > (SEE ATTACHED CODE)
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > >Asher<
> >
> > <<=>>=<<=>>=<<=>><<=>>=<<=>>=<<=>>
> > Asher C. Martin
> > 805 West Oregon Street
> > Urbana, IL 61801-3825
> > (217) 367-3877
> > E-MAIL:
> > http://fermi.isdn.uiuc.edu
> > telnet://fermi.isdn.uiuc.edu
> > ftp://feynman.isdn.uiuc.edu
> > <<=>>=<<=>>=<<=>><<=>>=<<=>>=<<=>>
> >
> >
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > -- Asher C. Martin
> > -- Robotics and Computer Vision Lab
> >
> > LIBRARY ieee;
> > USE ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
> > USE ieee.std_logic_arith.all;
> >
> > ENTITY angle IS
> >
> > PORT
> > (
> > angle_ch_A : IN STD_LOGIC; --
CHANNEL A FROM OPTICAL ENCODER
> > angle_ch_B : IN STD_LOGIC; --
CHANNEL B FROM OPTICAL ENCODER
> > angle_ch_I : IN STD_LOGIC; --
CHANNEL I (HIGH WHEN 360 DEG.)
> > reset_switch : IN STD_LOGIC; -- IF ANGLE
GETS OFFSET THEN RESET THIS LINE
> > output_a : OUT INTEGER RANGE 0 TO
255; --STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(7 downto 0)
> > output_b : OUT INTEGER RANGE 0 TO
255; --STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(7 downto 0)
> > clockwise : INOUT STD_LOGIC
> > );
> >
> > END angle;
> >
> > ARCHITECTURE angle_architecture OF angle IS
> >
> > SIGNAL a_counter : INTEGER RANGE 0 TO 255;
> > SIGNAL b_counter : INTEGER RANGE 0 TO 255;
> >
> > BEGIN
> >
> > -- THE FOLLOWING FIGURES OUT IF THE USER IS MOVING LEFT OR RIGHT
> > --direction: PROCESS ()
> > -- BEGIN
> >
> > --END PROCESS direction;
> >
> > -- THE FOLLOWING CODE EVALUATES WHAT IS HAPPENING TO CHANNEL A
> > grab_ch_A_data: PROCESS (angle_ch_A)
> > BEGIN
> >
> > IF reset_switch = '0' THEN -- FOR TESTING WITH THE
PB_1 MAKE THIS ZERO FOR RESET
> >
> > a_counter <= 0;
> >
> > ELSIF (angle_ch_A'EVENT AND angle_ch_A = '1') THEN
> >
> > a_counter <= a_counter + 1;
> >
> > ELSE
> >
> > a_counter <= a_counter;
> >
> > END IF;
> >
> > -- THE FOLLOWING FIGURES IF THE DIRECTION IS CLOCKWISE OR COUNTER
CLOCKWISE
> > IF (angle_ch_A = '1' AND angle_ch_B = '0')
THEN
> >
> > clockwise <= '1';
> >
> > ELSE
> >
> > clockwise <= clockwise;
> >
> > END IF;
> >
> > END PROCESS grab_ch_A_data;
> >
> > -- THE FOLLOWING CODE EVALUATES WHAT IS HAPPENING TO CHANNEL A
> > grab_ch_B_data: PROCESS (angle_ch_B)
> > BEGIN
> >
> > IF reset_switch = '0' THEN -- W/ B_1 MAKE '0'
OTHERWISE KEEP '1'
> >
> > b_counter <= 0;
> >
> > ELSIF (angle_ch_B'EVENT AND angle_ch_B = '1') THEN
> >
> > b_counter <= b_counter + 1;
> >
> > ELSE
> >
> > b_counter <= b_counter;
> >
> > END IF;
> >
> > -- THE FOLLOWING FIGURES IF THE DIRECTION IS CLOCKWISE OR COUNTER
CLOCKWISE
> > IF (angle_ch_A = '0' AND angle_ch_B = '1')
THEN
> >
> > clockwise <= '0';
> >
> > ELSE
> >
> > clockwise <= clockwise;
> >
> > END IF;
> >
> > END PROCESS grab_ch_B_data;
> >
> > -- THE CURRENT ANGLE IS NOW LOCATED AT "ANGLE_OUTPUT"
> > output_a <= a_counter;
> > output_b <= b_counter;
> >
> > END angle_architecture;
>
>
>
> --
> -Ray Andraka, P.E.
> President, the Andraka Consulting Group, Inc.
> 401/884-7930 Fax 401/884-7950
> email
> http://users.ids.net/~randraka

sudha