--===========================================================================-- -- -- S Y N T H E Z I A B L E miniUART C O R E -- -- www.OpenCores.Org - January 2000 -- This core adheres to the GNU public license -- -- Design units : UART_Def -- -- File name : uart_lib.vhd -- -- Purpose : Implements an miniUART device for communication purposes -- between the OR1K processor and the Host computer through -- an RS-232 communication protocol. -- -- Library : uart_lib.vhd -- -- Dependencies : IEEE.Std_Logic_1164 -- --===========================================================================-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Revision list -- Version Author Date Changes -- -- 0.1 Ovidiu Lupas 15 January 2000 New model -- olupas@opencores.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- package UART_Def -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- library IEEE,STD; use IEEE.Std_Logic_1164.all; use IEEE.Numeric_Std.all; --**-- package UART_Def is ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Converts unsigned Std_LOGIC_Vector to Integer, leftmost bit is MSB -- Error message for unknowns (U, X, W, Z, -), converted to 0 -- Verifies whether vector is too long (> 16 bits) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- function ToInteger ( Invector : in Unsigned(3 downto 0)) return Integer; end UART_Def; --==================== End of package header ======================-- package body UART_Def is function ToInteger ( InVector : in Unsigned(3 downto 0)) return Integer is constant HeaderMsg : String := "To_Integer:"; constant MsgSeverity : Severity_Level := Warning; variable Value : Integer := 0; begin for i in 0 to 3 loop if (InVector(i) = '1') then Value := Value + (2**I); end if; end loop; return Value; end ToInteger; end UART_Def; --================ End of package body ================