Shift constant by variable amount

Altera_Forum · ‎01-14-2017

For some reason, I can't get this to work. I want to logically shift left the 8-bit number 1 (x"01") by a variable amount (named counter between 0 and 7) and store as an inverted std_logic_vector. Nothing I try is working with the compiler.

None of these work and I've tried many additional variants and conversions:

leds_w <= NOT (STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(2 ** counter));

leds_w <= NOT (STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(1 SLL TO_INTEGER(counter)));

leds_w <= NOT (STD_LOGIC_VECTOR(shift_left(x"01", counter)));

I have 1164 and numeric_std libraries referenced. counter is currently type unsigned, but I can change that if necessary. Help!

Steve

Altera_Forum · ‎01-14-2017

The are problems with all 3, because you have type errors in all 3.

I don't think you want to shift 1 to the left at all. Just connect the output to 2**CNT. You just want


Leds_w <= std_logic_vector( to_unsigned( 2**counter, leds_w'length));
--Or use a for loop
For i in leds_w'range loop
  If counter = i then
    Leds_w(i) <= '1';
  Else
    Leds_w(i) <= '0';
  End if
End loop;
-- or you could do it in a process
Process (counter)
Begin
  Leds_w <= (others => '0');
  Leds_w( to_integer (counter)) <= '1';
End process;

Altera_Forum · ‎01-14-2017

Well, I still kept getting errors about **, so I put in the counter-sensitive process solution, inverting the values since I need it active low for LEDs. It seems to work! Thanks for the help!