show_vcd.vl

/*
 * Copyright (c) 1999 Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
 *
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 */

 /*
  *  This example program simulates a 16x1 ram, and is used as an
  *  example for using VCD output and waveform viewers.
  *
  *  Like any other Verilog simulation, compile this program with the
  *  command:
  *
  *      iverilog show_vcd.vl
  *
  *  This will generate the show_vcd command in the current directory.
  *  When you run the command, you will see the output from all the
  *  calls to $display, but also there will be a dump file ``show_vcd.vcd''.
  *  The name of this file is set by the statement:
  *
  *      $dumpfile("show_vcd.vcd");
  *
  *  in the main module. The output file uses the standard VCD file format
  *  so can be viewed using off-the-shelf waveform viewers. The remaining
  *  steps describe how to use GTKWave to view the file. If you are using
  *  a different viewer, see the documentation for that tool.
  *
  *  To view the output generated by running show_vcd, start the GTKWave
  *  viewer with the command:
  *
  *      gtkwave show_vcd.vcd
  *
  *  The GTKWave program will display its main window, and show in a small
  *  status box (upper left corner) that it succeeded in loading the dump
  *  file. However, there are no waveforms displayed yet. Select signals to
  *  add to the waveform display using the menu selection:
  *
  *      "Search --> Signal Search Tree"
  *
  *  This will bring up a dialog box that shows in directory tree format
  *  the signals of the program. Select the signals you wish to view, and
  *  click one of the buttons on the bottom of the dialog box to display
  *  the selected signals in the waveform window. Click "Exit" on the box
  *  to get rid of it.
  *
  *  The magic that makes all this work is contained in the $dumpfile and
  *  $dumpvars system tasks. The $dumpfile task tells the simulation where
  *  to write the VCD output. This task must be called once before the
  *  $dumpvars task is called.
  *
  *  The $dumpvars task tells the simulation what variables to write to
  *  the VCD output. The first parameter is how far to descend while
  *  scanning a scope, and the remaining parameters are signals or scope
  *  names to include in the dump. If a scope name is given, all the
  *  signals within the scope are dumped. If a wire or register name is
  *  given, that signal is included.
  */

module ram16x1 (q, d, a, we, wclk);
   output q;
   input d;
   input [3:0] a;
   input we;
   input wclk;

   reg mem[15:0];

   assign q = mem[a];
   always @(posedge wclk) if (we) mem[a] = d;

endmodule /* ram16x1 */

module main;
   wire q;
   reg d;
   reg [3:0] a;
   reg we, wclk;

   ram16x1 r1 (q, d, a, we, wclk);

   initial begin
      $dumpfile("show_vcd.vcd");
      $dumpvars(1, main.r1);
      wclk = 0;
      we = 1;
      for (a = 0 ; a < 4'hf ;  a = a + 1) begin
	 d = a[0];
	 #1 wclk = 1;
	 #1 wclk = 0;
	 $display("r1[%x] == %b", a, q);
      end

      for (a = 0 ; a < 4'hf ;  a = a + 1)
	 #1 if (q !== a[0]) begin
	    $display("FAILED -- mem[%h] !== %b", a, a[0]);
	    $finish;
	 end

      $display("PASSED");
   end
endmodule /* main */