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Error on real time simulation Quartus II


I'm learning how to use the time simulation on Quartus II to see the real delays in a circuit, and an error has occurred. This error says that I'm not respecting the hold time for the flip-flop. In the logic simulation the circuit works. Down you can see the code:

module AddTestParalellIf(clk,reset, sum, out);

  input clk, reset;
  output sum, out; 
  reg [15:0] sum;
  reg out ;

  always @(posedge clk ) begin
    if (reset) begin
      sum = 0;
      out = 0;
    end
    else 
    if (sum == 16'b0000000010000010)
      out = 1;
    sum = sum + 1;
  end

endmodule

AND THE ERROR:

Time: 0 ps  Iteration: 0  Instance: /AddTestParalellIf_vlg_vec_tst File:    plataformadetestes.vt
# ** Error: c:/altera/13.0/modelsim_ase/win32aloem/../altera/verilog /src/cycloneii_atoms.v(5351): $hold( posedge clk &&& nosloadsclr:27871 ps, datain:27922 ps, 286 ps );
#    Time: 27922 ps  Iteration: 0  Instance: /AddTestParalellIf_vlg_vec_tst/i1/\sum[1]~reg0 
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port out :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0
#      Real value = x
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[1] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[2] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[3] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[4] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[5] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[6] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[7] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[8] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[9] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[10] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[11] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[12] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[13] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[14] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[15] :: @time = 1000000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx0
# ERROR! Vector Mismatch for output port sum[0] :: @time = 1005000.000 ps
#      Expected value = 0000000000000000
#      Real value = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1
#          17 mismatched vectors : Simulation failed !
# ** Note: $finish    : plataformadetestes.vt(463)
#    Time: 10 us  Iteration: 0  Instance: /AddTestParalellIf_vlg_vec_tst/tb_out

I'm using the model sim simulator on quartus II web


Solution

  • Try adding a begin end around the two statements in your else clause. If reset is asserted you appear to clearing and incrementing sum simultaneously.