Re: [myhdl-list] MyHDL project debriefing

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

On 04/27/2011 11:47 AM, Angel Ezquerra wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Jan Decaluwe<ja...@ja...>  wrote:
>> I just finished a MyHDL project that was lot of fun,
>> and I thought some of you might be interested in a few highlights.
>> You will understand that I cannot go in too much detail.
>>
>> The starting point for this image processing algorithm
>> was a spec in words. The deliverable was RTL VHDL code
>> and a regression test suite.
>>
>> To have a verification reference, the customer agreed
>> that I developed a high-level untimed model of the
>> algorithm in pure Python. This have been a great help,
>> and the customer actually agreed to sign of on it.
>
> Jan,
>
> did this high-level untimed python model use MyHDL at all?

No. plain python for algorithmic development.

In other projects, I can imagine that the intbv type
might be useful in such models, for its bound-checking capabilities.

Jan

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