Package physical
For detailed documentation see below.
- NAMING CONVENTION:
 t - time p - period d - delay f - frequency br - baud rate vec - vector
- ATTENTION:
 This package is not supported by Xilinx Synthese Tools prior to 14.7!
- It was successfully tested with:
 Xilinx Synthesis Tool (XST) 14.7 and Xilinx ISE Simulator (iSim) 14.7
Quartus II 13.1
QuestaSim 10.0d
GHDL 0.31
- Tool chains with known issues:
 Xilinx Vivado Synthesis 2014.4
- Untested tool chains
 Xilinx Vivado Simulator (xSim) 2014.4
Name  | 
Value  | 
Description  | 
|---|---|---|
C_PHYSICAL_REPORT_TIMING_DEVIATION  | 
TRUE  | 
if true: TimingToCycles reports difference between expected and actual result  | 
Name  | 
Description  | 
|---|---|
FREQ  | 
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BAUD  | 
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MEMORY  | 
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T_TIMEVEC  | 
vector data types  | 
T_FREQVEC  | 
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T_BAUDVEC  | 
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T_MEMVEC  | 
Functions
- to_time(FREQ f)
 conversion functions
- Parameters:
 f (FREQ)
- to_freq(time p)
 - Parameters:
 p (time)
- Return type:
 
- to_baud(string str)
 - Parameters:
 str (string)
- Return type:
 
- div(time a, time b)
 inter-type arithmetic
- Parameters:
 a (time)
b (time)
- "/"(real x, time t)
 - Parameters:
 x (real)
t (time)
- Return type:
 
- "/"(real x, FREQ f)
 - Parameters:
 x (real)
f (FREQ)
- "*"(time t, FREQ f)
 - Parameters:
 t (time)
f (FREQ)
- "*"(FREQ f, time t)
 - Parameters:
 f (FREQ)
t (time)
- ite(boolean cond, time value1, time value2)
 if-then-else
- Parameters:
 cond (boolean)
value1 (time)
value2 (time)
- tmin(time arg1, time arg2)
 min/ max for 2 arguments
- Parameters:
 arg1 (time)
arg2 (time) -- Calculates: min(arg1, arg2) for times
- tmin(T_TIMEVEC vec)
 min/max/sum as vector aggregation Calculates: min(vec) for a time vector
- Parameters:
 vec (T_TIMEVEC)
- tmax(time arg1, time arg2)
 - Parameters:
 arg1 (time)
arg2 (time) -- Calculates: max(arg1, arg2) for times
- tmax(T_TIMEVEC vec)
 Calculates: max(vec) for a time vector
- Parameters:
 vec (T_TIMEVEC)
- tsum(T_TIMEVEC vec)
 Calculates: sum(vec) for a time vector
- Parameters:
 vec (T_TIMEVEC)
- fs2Time(integer t_fs)
 convert standard types (NATURAL, REAL) to time (TIME)
- Parameters:
 t_fs (integer)
- fs2Time(REAL t_fs)
 - Parameters:
 t_fs (REAL)
- ps2Time(integer t_ps)
 - Parameters:
 t_ps (integer)
- ps2Time(REAL t_ps)
 - Parameters:
 t_ps (REAL)
- ns2Time(integer t_ns)
 - Parameters:
 t_ns (integer)
- ns2Time(REAL t_ns)
 - Parameters:
 t_ns (REAL)
- us2Time(integer t_us)
 - Parameters:
 t_us (integer)
- us2Time(REAL t_us)
 - Parameters:
 t_us (REAL)
- ms2Time(integer t_ms)
 - Parameters:
 t_ms (integer)
- ms2Time(REAL t_ms)
 - Parameters:
 t_ms (REAL)
- sec2Time(integer t_sec)
 - Parameters:
 t_sec (integer)
- sec2Time(REAL t_sec)
 - Parameters:
 t_sec (REAL)
- Hz2Time(natural f_Hz)
 convert standard types (NATURAL, REAL) to period (TIME)
- Parameters:
 f_Hz (natural)
- Hz2Time(REAL f_Hz)
 - Parameters:
 f_Hz (REAL)
- kHz2Time(natural f_kHz)
 - Parameters:
 f_kHz (natural)
- kHz2Time(REAL f_kHz)
 - Parameters:
 f_kHz (REAL)
- MHz2Time(natural f_MHz)
 - Parameters:
 f_MHz (natural)
- MHz2Time(REAL f_MHz)
 - Parameters:
 f_MHz (REAL)
- GHz2Time(natural f_GHz)
 - Parameters:
 f_GHz (natural)
- GHz2Time(REAL f_GHz)
 - Parameters:
 f_GHz (REAL)
- Hz2Freq(natural f_Hz)
 convert standard types (NATURAL, REAL) to frequency (FREQ)
- Parameters:
 f_Hz (natural)
- Return type:
 
- Hz2Freq(REAL f_Hz)
 - Parameters:
 f_Hz (REAL)
- Return type:
 
- kHz2Freq(natural f_kHz)
 - Parameters:
 f_kHz (natural)
- Return type:
 
- kHz2Freq(REAL f_kHz)
 - Parameters:
 f_kHz (REAL)
- Return type:
 
- MHz2Freq(natural f_MHz)
 - Parameters:
 f_MHz (natural)
- Return type:
 
- MHz2Freq(REAL f_MHz)
 - Parameters:
 f_MHz (REAL)
- Return type:
 
- GHz2Freq(natural f_GHz)
 - Parameters:
 f_GHz (natural)
- Return type:
 
- GHz2Freq(REAL f_GHz)
 - Parameters:
 f_GHz (REAL)
- Return type:
 
- to_real(time t, time scale)
 convert physical types to standard type (REAL)
- Parameters:
 t (time)
scale (time)
- to_int(time t, time scale, T_ROUNDING_STYLE RoundingStyle = ROUND\_TO\_NEAREST)
 convert physical types to standard type (INTEGER)
- Parameters:
 t (time)
scale (time)
RoundingStyle (T_ROUNDING_STYLE)
- to_int(FREQ f, FREQ scale, T_ROUNDING_STYLE RoundingStyle = ROUND\_TO\_NEAREST)
 - Parameters:
 f (FREQ)
scale (FREQ)
RoundingStyle (T_ROUNDING_STYLE)
- to_int(BAUD br, BAUD scale, T_ROUNDING_STYLE RoundingStyle = ROUND\_TO\_NEAREST)
 - Parameters:
 br (BAUD)
scale (BAUD)
RoundingStyle (T_ROUNDING_STYLE)
- to_int(MEMORY mem, MEMORY scale, T_ROUNDING_STYLE RoundingStyle = ROUND\_UP)
 - Parameters:
 mem (MEMORY)
scale (MEMORY)
RoundingStyle (T_ROUNDING_STYLE)
- TimingToCycles(time Timing, time Clock_Period, T_ROUNDING_STYLE RoundingStyle = ROUND\_UP)
 calculate needed counter cycles to achieve a given 1. timing/delay and 2. frequency/period
- Parameters:
 Timing (time)
Clock_Period (time)
RoundingStyle (T_ROUNDING_STYLE)
- TimingToCycles(time Timing, FREQ Clock_Frequency, T_ROUNDING_STYLE RoundingStyle = ROUND\_UP)
 - Parameters:
 Timing (time)
Clock_Frequency (FREQ)
RoundingStyle (T_ROUNDING_STYLE)
- CyclesToDelay(natural Cycles, time Clock_Period)
 - Parameters:
 Cycles (natural)
Clock_Period (time)
- CyclesToDelay(natural Cycles, FREQ Clock_Frequency)
 - Parameters:
 Cycles (natural)
Clock_Frequency (FREQ)
- to_string(time t, natural precision)
 convert and format physical types to STRING
- Parameters:
 t (time)
precision (natural)
- to_string(FREQ f, natural precision)
 - Parameters:
 f (FREQ)
precision (natural)
- to_string(BAUD br, natural precision)
 - Parameters:
 br (BAUD)
precision (natural)
- to_string(MEMORY mem, natural precision)
 - Parameters:
 mem (MEMORY)
precision (natural)