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Universal Shift Left - Right Register/Circuit in Verilog

A shift register will "shift" itself to the left or right by one position every clock cycle. A shift left - shift left circuit, as simple as it sounds is a very important part of many circuits and will be a part of many of my future projects and that is why it needs to be addressed. The code for this circuit in verilog is written below. It is very simple and does not need any detailed explanation.

It is controlled by 2 control signals which determines whether the circuit will shift right or left. If control[0] is high the circuit will shift right and if control[1] is high the circuit will shift left and if both are low stay with the default value. The data shifted is stored in an internal register and is output as a bus. I have coded it using if - else statements. This can also be coded using a case block if further control is required.

module shift(
    input clock,
    input reset,
    input [1:0] control,
    input in,
    output [7:0] out
    );

reg [7:0] r_reg, r_next; //a 7 bit shift register which will be output as is, this can be changed to any size

always @ (posedge clock or posedge reset)
begin
 if(reset)
  r_reg <= 0;
 else
  r_reg <= r_next;
end

always @ (*)
begin
 
 if(control[0]) //shift right
  r_next = {in, r_reg[7:1]};
 
 else if(control[1]) //shift left
  r_next = {r_reg[6:0], in};
 
 else
  r_next = r_reg; //default state stays the same

end

assign out = r_reg;

endmodule

Testbench code below:

module test;

	// Inputs
	reg clock;
	reg reset;
	reg [1:0] control;
	reg in;

	// Outputs
	wire [7:0] out;

	// Instantiate the Unit Under Test (UUT)
	shift uut (
		.clock(clock), 
		.reset(reset), 
		.control(control),
		.in(in), 
		.out(out)
	);

	initial begin
		clock = 0;
		forever
			#50 clock = ~clock;
		end

	initial begin
		// Initialize Inputs
		
		reset = 0;
		control = 0;
		in = 0;

		// Wait 100 ns for global reset to finish
		#100;
      reset = 1;
		#200;
		reset = 0;
		in = 1'b1;
		#200;
		control = 2'b01;
		#300;
		control = 2'b10;
		#300;
		control = 2'b00;
		#300;
		control = 2'b11;
		#200
		$stop;
			
		// Add stimulus here
	

	end
  
  initial begin
	$display("clock control r_reg");
	$monitor("%b,%b,%b", clock, control, out);
	end
endmodule

Comments

  1. miss12 June 2013 at 02:45

    Can you tell me the test bench code for simulation working?

    ReplyDelete

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