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    EE429200 IC Design Laboratory

    National Tsing Hua University


    Department of Electrical Engineering
    EE429200 IC Design Laboratory, Fall 2021

    Lab 03: Testbench Debugging and Writing (1%)


    Assigned on Sep 30, 2021
    Due day on Oct 7, 2021

    Objective
    In this lab, you will learn:
    1. Understand the basic operation of Function Unit (FU).
    2. Write test bench to verify the function of Function Unit and debug.

    Demo checklist:
     Show TA how do you verify FU, and the pattern coverage of your test
    pattern.
     Answer the following question.
    1. Why do we declare input drivers as reg and output loads as wire
    variable in testbench?
    2. We use #delay to simulate the waveform of input pattern, but can we
    use it to describe the circuit?
    3. Is it useful to verify your circuit if the operation commands in circuit
    and testbench are the same? (ex. Y = A+B;).

    Environment Setup
    Copy lab file packages from ee4292. Decompress the package and enter it. You can
    check the file list in Appendix.
    $ cp ~ee4292/iclab2021/lab03.zip .
    $ unzip lab03.zip
    $ cd lab03

    Description
    Functional Unit is one of the most critical designs in most of the microprocessor or DSP
    (Digital Signal Processor). In lab2, we have a simple ALU to do some simple arithmetic
    functions. A Functional Unit based on the ALU in lab2 and with furthermore functions,
    is provided in this lab. lab3_fu.v describes the Functional Unit (shown in Figure 1.)
    with two 16-bit input signals and 5-bit instructions. You can input signals and select the
    function you want to execute by instructions. The instruction is defined in Table 1. In
    this lab, you will write a test bench to test the provided FU and correct the bugs in it.
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    Figure 1. ALU architecture.

    Function Instruction[4:0] Operation


    Arithmetic 5’b00000 F=A
    Arithmetic 5’b00001 F=A+1
    Arithmetic 5’b00010 F = A + ~B
    Arithmetic 5’b00011 F = A + ~B + 1
    Arithmetic 5’b00100 F=A+B
    Arithmetic 5’b00101 F=A+B+1
    Arithmetic 5’b00110 F=B
    Arithmetic 5’b00111 F=A-1
    Logic 5’b01000 F = A and B
    Logic 5’b01001 F = A or B
    Logic 5’b01010 F = A xor B
    Logic 5’b01011 F = ~A
    Shifter 5’b10000 F = shift-right B by 1 bit
    Shifter 5’b10001 F = shift-left B by 1 bit
    Shifter 5’b10010 F = rotate-right B by 1 bit
    Shifter 5’b10011 F = rotate-left B by 1 bit
    Table 1. ALU function table.

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    Action Items
    I. Complete the FU.
    Add the rotator function into FU. You can reference table to complete this lab.

    II. Write your own testbench to test FU.


    1. In this part, you have to verify whether FU (lab3_fu.v) is correct or not.
    2. You need to design the testbench and the test patterns to test all functions of
    your FU design in testbench (start from lab3futest.v).
    A. Please at least verify the case A= 100, B= (-201) for each function in Table 1. A
    reference result of a. is provided in answer.txt. (Hint: There are 4 errors in original
    lab3_fu.v)
    B. Generate other test patterns with generategolden.py. Please modify your test bench
    and compare your results with golden2.dat (generated by generategolden.py).
    3. You need to display your results on the screen by $display command and
    write them to a file (output.txt) by $fdisplay command in test bench
    lab3_fu_test.v.
    4. Run simulation to debug and complete all the functions of FU.
    $ ncverilog –f lab3_run.f

    Appendix
    Filename Description
    lab3_fu.v RTL code for FU
    lab3_fu_test.v Test bench for FU
    lab3_run.f Filelist
    golden.dat Golden pattern
    generate_golden.py Python script used to generate golden patterns
    answer.txt Answer for FU

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