array in vhdl

hello
can i assign a std_logic vector to array of same bits.
suppose..

signal vec:std_logic_vector(15 downto 0);
type arr is array(o to 3) of std_logic_vector(0 to 3);
....
arr <= vec;

above mentioned code is right or wrong, if wrong is there any other way to
assign std_logic_vector to array.

thank you

srinukasam

There are 3 errors in your code. Since vec is a 16-bit vector you
cannot assign it to a 4-bit vector. When you assign a vector to an
array of vectors you must specify an index. Also, you created the type
arr, but did not declare a signal of that type. You can't make an
assignment to a type. The following example may help.

type arr is array(0 to 3) of std_logic_vector(15 downto 0);

signal arr_a : arr;
signal vec_0, vec_1, vec_2, vec_3 : std_logic vector(15 downto 0);
....
arr_a(0) <= vec_0;
arr_a(1) <= vec_1;
....


I hope this helps.

Charles

charles.elias@wpafb.af.mil

hello
i ahve problem with generics and array in my code.its like this

generic (width:=16
--t_width :integer:= 8;
t_widths:=integer:=3;
t_size:= integer:=3);
signal ctrl:std_logic_vector(width-1 downto 0)
type ctrl_gen array(o to t_size)of std_logic_vector(0 to t_widths)

now i need a logic to assign ctrl(vector) to ctrl_gen(array).

thank you

srinukasam

Homework?
Give directions not solutions.

A.

On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 05:54:43 -0400, srinukasam wrote:

> hello
> can i assign a std_logic vector to array of same bits.
> suppose..
>
> signal vec:std_logic_vector(15 downto 0);
> type arr is array(o to 3) of std_logic_vector(0 to 3);
> ...
> arr <= vec;
>
> above mentioned code is right or wrong, if wrong is there any other way to
> assign std_logic_vector to array.
>
> thank you

Me

hi friend

try this
arr(0)<= vec(15 downto 12);
arr(1)<= vec(11 downto ;
arr(2)<= vec(7 downto 4);
arr(0)<= vec(3 downto 0);
it is immpossible to assign vec directly to arr. you have to specify
the address of arr and also break down the vector to 4 bits because ur
array is of 4 bits.ok try this

viku

Here is another more generic way using a generate loop. If you were
doing this in several places I would create a function to do it. Note
I changed the indexing of the array elements to use "DOWNTO" instead of
"TO".

CONSTANT VEC_WIDTH : integer := 16;
CONSTANT ARR_SIZE : integer := 4;
CONSTANT ARR_ELEM_WIDTH : integer := 4;
SIGNAL vec : std_logic_vector(VEC_WIDTH-1 DOWNTO 0);
TYPE arr IS ARRAY(0 TO ARR_SIZE-1) OF
std_logic_vector(ARR_ELEM_WIDTH-1 DOWNTO 0);
....
arr_assign_gen : FOR i IN 0 TO ARR_SIZE-1 GENERATE
arr(i) <= vec(i*ARR_ELEM_WIDTH-1 DOWNTO (i-1)*ARR_ELEM_WIDTH);
END GENERATE arr_assign_gen;

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