Generics

• As the name suggests, GENERIC is a way of specifying a generic parameter.

• A static parameter that can be easily modified and adapted to different applications.

• The purpose is to make the code more flexible and reusable.

• must be declared in the ENTITY.

• More than one GENERIC parameter can be specified in an ENTITY.

Syntax

GENERIC (parameter_name : parameter_type := parameter_value);

Example

The GENERIC statement below specifies a parameter called n, of type INTEGER, whose default value is 8. Therefore, whenever n is found in the ENTITY itself or in the ARCHITECTURE (one or more) that follows, its value will be assumed to be 8.

ENTITY

ENTITY my_entity IS
GENERIC (n : INTEGER := 8; vector: BIT_VECTOR := "00001111");
PORT (...);
END my_entity;
ARCHITECTURE my_architecture OF my_entity IS
...
END my_architecture;

ARCHITECTURE

ARCHITECTURE generic_decoder OF decoder IS
BEGIN
PROCESS (ena, sel)
VARIABLE temp1 : STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (x'HIGH DOWNTO 0);
VARIABLE temp2 : INTEGER RANGE 0 TO x'HIGH;
....




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