A package is a collection of types, constants, subprograms etc.
These are usually intended to implement some particular service or to isolate a group of related items.
In particular, the details of constant values and subprogram bodies can be hidden from users of a package, with only their interfaces made visible.
A package may be split into two parts:
The body part may be omitted if there are no deferred details.
The syntax of a package declaration is as follows:
package_declaration ::=
package identifier is
package_declarative_part
end [ package_simple_name ] ;
VHDL program follows IEEE library. This means that all the data types, commands, keywords etc. used in a VHDL program are stored in a library called IEEE library. This library will be available in the EDA tool which is executing the VHDL program. 1164 is a package where all the logic gates are defined. This is a sub part of IEEE library. As encoder program requires logic gates, we need to use 1164 package in the code.
A virtual calculator can be implemented using VHDL. We call it VHDL calculator.
A Test Bench in VHDL is code written in VHDL that provides stimulus for individual modules (also written in VHDL). Individual modules are instantiated by a single line of code showing the port connections to the module. The correctness of the written program can be checked by writing the test bench. It is a collection of VHDL procedures and functions which allow the user to create their own scripting instructions for test stimulus. Designers manually design their test bench inputs to checks the output. The stimulus script or test case contains the instructions in a regular ASCII text file. The test bench VHDL package contains procedures to create instructions, read, parse and execute the test script.
VHDL provides conversion functions and resolution functions.
VHDL is a text based programming language.
vhdl code for binary to Hexadecimal ?
vhdl code for ascending order of numbers
A function is a subprogram written in VHDL. This program can be called and used in other programs.
"&" operator is not synthesized by VHDL synthesis tool.
VHDL is a hardware description language. It describes the functionality of a hardware as a program. If we know the architecture of 8085, the same can be implemented or coded using VHDL.
In 2008, Accellera released VHDL 4.0 to the IEEE for balloting for inclusion in IEEE 1076-2008. The VHDL standard IEEE 1076-2008 was published in January 2009. Currently, IEEE 1076-2008 is the latest version of VHDL.
There are 4 main differences between C programming and VHDL programming. C is a mid-level language, while VHDL is a hardware description language. C can handle one type of instruction, while VHDL can handle two. C does not require as much resource usage as VHDL. C can be written only with logical thinking, but a VHDL programmer must understand hardware circuits.