This is for an ADC. What I'm trying to do: when adc_sample goes low, grab hold of a value. Then when adc_data_en goes high, compare it with adc_data. Here's what I have so far:
property adc_deduces_voltage;
bit [7:0] true_voltage;
@(negedge adc_sample) (`true,true_voltage=input_channel)
##1 @(posedge adc_data_en)
// Values are sampled in the prepond region. This would be before
// adc_data_en is high, giving us old values. To make up for this, wait
// for one more clock cycle so that sampled values will be just after
// adc_data_en is high.
##1 @(posedge clock) (adc_data == true_voltage, $display("Pass. Actual: %d, ADC: %d", true_voltage, adc_data);
endproperty
assert property (adc_deduces_voltage);
Note the comment I inserted. The hacky bit of my code is waiting for the next rising edge of the clock so that I can avoid the issue of things being sampled in the prepone region.
Any thoughts on improving this? Is there a better way to do this?
Also, what if I wanted to do something like: wait for negedge adc_sample, then posedge adc_data_en then 20 clock cycles later carry out checks?
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hardware26@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y
iliketurtiles@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
Thanks for your reply, that certainly a method I will try using.
But in the case of my problem I think it won't work. Since adc_data is in the consequent of the implication, it will again be sampled in the prepone region and so take on the value before adc_data_en was asserted high, don't you think?
In my code I set adc_data to its new value and at the same time set adc_data_en high. Perhaps I'm not supposed to do things this way? Is the usual practice to set something like adc_data to it's new value some time before the enable is asserted?
hardware26@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 1y