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If you don't want to worry about the type of the thing\nyou are tying off, you can use ",(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{children:"chiselTypeOf"}),":"]}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.pre,{children:(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{className:"language-scala",children:"import chisel3._\nimport circt.stage.ChiselStage\n\nclass MyBundle extends Bundle {\n val foo = UInt(4.W)\n val bar = Vec(4, UInt(1.W))\n}\n\nclass Foo(typ: MyBundle) extends Module {\n val bundleA = IO(Output(typ))\n val bundleB = IO(Output(typ))\n\n // typ is already a Chisel Data Type, so can use it directly here, but you\n // need to know that bundleA is of type typ\n bundleA := 0.U.asTypeOf(typ)\n\n // bundleB is a Hardware data IO(Output(...)) so need to call chiselTypeOf,\n // but this will work no matter the type of bundleB:\n bundleB := 0.U.asTypeOf(chiselTypeOf(bundleB))\n}\n\nChiselStage.emitSystemVerilog(new Foo(new MyBundle))\n"})}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.h3,{id:"how-do-i-create-a-vec-of-bools-from-a-uint",children:"How do I create a Vec of Bools from a UInt?"}),"\n",(0,t.jsxs)(n.p,{children:["Use ",(0,t.jsx)(n.a,{href:"https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/VecInit$.html",children:(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{children:"VecInit"})})," given a ",(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{children:"Seq[Bool]"})," generated using the ",(0,t.jsx)(n.a,{href:"https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/UInt.html#asBools:Seq%5Bchisel3.Bool%5D",children:(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{children:"asBools"})})," method."]}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.pre,{children:(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{className:"language-scala",children:'import chisel3._\n\nclass Foo extends Module {\n val uint = 0xc.U\n val vec = VecInit(uint.asBools)\n\n printf(cf"$vec") // Vec(0, 0, 1, 1)\n\n // Test\n assert(vec(0) === false.B)\n assert(vec(1) === false.B)\n assert(vec(2) === true.B)\n assert(vec(3) === true.B)\n}\n'})}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.h3,{id:"how-do-i-create-a-uint-from-a-vec-of-bool",children:"How do I create a UInt from a Vec of Bool?"}),"\n",(0,t.jsxs)(n.p,{children:["Use the builtin function ",(0,t.jsx)(n.a,{href:"https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/Vec.html#asUInt:chisel3.UInt",children:(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{children:"asUInt"})})]}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.pre,{children:(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{className:"language-scala",children:'import chisel3._\n\nclass Foo extends Module {\n val vec = VecInit(true.B, false.B, true.B, true.B)\n val uint = vec.asUInt\n\n printf(cf"$uint") // 13\n\n // Test\n // (remember leftmost Bool in Vec is low order bit)\n assert(0xd.U === uint)\n\n}\n'})}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.h3,{id:"how-do-i-connect-a-subset-of-bundle-fields",children:"How do I connect a subset of Bundle fields?"}),"\n",(0,t.jsxs)(n.p,{children:["See the ",(0,t.jsx)(n.a,{href:"dataview#how-do-i-connect-a-subset-of-bundle-fields",children:"DataView cookbook"}),"."]}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.h2,{id:"vectors-and-registers",children:"Vectors and Registers"}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.h3,{id:"can-i-make-a-2d-or-3d-vector",children:"Can I make a 2D or 3D Vector?"}),"\n",(0,t.jsxs)(n.p,{children:["Yes. Using ",(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{children:"VecInit"})," you can make Vectors that hold Vectors of Chisel types. Methods ",(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{children:"fill"})," and ",(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{children:"tabulate"})," make these multi-dimensional Vectors."]}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.pre,{children:(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{className:"language-scala",children:"import chisel3._\n\nclass MyBundle extends Bundle {\n val foo = UInt(4.W)\n val bar = UInt(4.W)\n}\n\nclass Foo extends Module {\n //2D Fill\n val twoDVec = VecInit.fill(2, 3)(5.U)\n //3D Fill\n val myBundle = Wire(new MyBundle)\n myBundle.foo := 0xc.U\n myBundle.bar := 0x3.U\n val threeDVec = VecInit.fill(1, 2, 3)(myBundle)\n assert(threeDVec(0)(0)(0).foo === 0xc.U && threeDVec(0)(0)(0).bar === 0x3.U)\n\n //2D Tabulate\n val indexTiedVec = VecInit.tabulate(2, 2){ (x, y) => (x + y).U }\n assert(indexTiedVec(0)(0) === 0.U)\n assert(indexTiedVec(0)(1) === 1.U)\n assert(indexTiedVec(1)(0) === 1.U)\n assert(indexTiedVec(1)(1) === 2.U)\n //3D Tabulate\n val indexTiedVec3D = VecInit.tabulate(2, 3, 4){ (x, y, z) => (x + y * z).U }\n assert(indexTiedVec3D(0)(0)(0) === 0.U)\n assert(indexTiedVec3D(1)(1)(1) === 2.U)\n assert(indexTiedVec3D(1)(1)(2) === 3.U)\n assert(indexTiedVec3D(1)(1)(3) === 4.U)\n assert(indexTiedVec3D(1)(2)(3) === 7.U)\n}\n"})}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.h3,{id:"how-do-i-create-a-vector-of-registers",children:"How do I create a Vector of Registers?"}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.p,{children:(0,t.jsx)(n.strong,{children:"Rule! Use Reg of Vec not Vec of Reg!"})}),"\n",(0,t.jsxs)(n.p,{children:["You create a ",(0,t.jsx)(n.a,{href:"#how-do-i-create-a-reg-of-type-vec",children:"Reg of type Vec"}),". Because Vecs are a ",(0,t.jsx)(n.em,{children:"type"})," (like ",(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{children:"UInt"}),", ",(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{children:"Bool"}),") rather than a ",(0,t.jsx)(n.em,{children:"value"}),", we must bind the Vec to some concrete ",(0,t.jsx)(n.em,{children:"value"}),"."]}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.h3,{id:"how-do-i-create-a-reg-of-type-vec",children:"How do I create a Reg of type Vec?"}),"\n",(0,t.jsxs)(n.p,{children:["For more information, the API Documentation for ",(0,t.jsx)(n.a,{href:"https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/Vec.html",children:(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{children:"Vec"})})," provides more information."]}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.pre,{children:(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{className:"language-scala",children:"import chisel3._\n\nclass Foo extends Module {\n val regOfVec = Reg(Vec(4, UInt(32.W))) // Register of 32-bit UInts\n regOfVec(0) := 123.U // Assignments to elements of the Vec\n regOfVec(1) := 456.U\n regOfVec(2) := 789.U\n regOfVec(3) := regOfVec(0)\n\n // Reg of Vec of 32-bit UInts initialized to zero\n // Note that Seq.fill constructs 4 32-bit UInt literals with the value 0\n // VecInit(...) then constructs a Wire of these literals\n // The Reg is then initialized to the value of the Wire (which gives it the same type)\n val initRegOfVec = RegInit(VecInit(Seq.fill(4)(0.U(32.W))))\n}\n"})}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.h3,{id:"how-do-i-partially-reset-an-aggregate-reg",children:"How do I partially reset an Aggregate Reg?"}),"\n",(0,t.jsxs)(n.p,{children:["The easiest way is to use a partially-specified ",(0,t.jsx)(n.a,{href:"#../appendix/experimental-features#bundle-literals",children:"Bundle Literal"}),"\nor ",(0,t.jsx)(n.a,{href:"#../appendix/experimental-features#vec-literals",children:"Vec Literal"})," to match the type of the Reg."]}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.pre,{children:(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{className:"language-scala",children:"import chisel3._\nimport chisel3.experimental.BundleLiterals._\n\nclass MyBundle extends Bundle {\n val foo = UInt(8.W)\n val bar = UInt(8.W)\n}\n\nclass MyModule extends Module {\n // Only .foo will be reset, .bar will have no reset value\n val reg = RegInit((new MyBundle).Lit(_.foo -> 123.U))\n}\n"})}),"\n",(0,t.jsxs)(n.p,{children:["If your initial value is not a literal, or if you just prefer, you can use a\nWire as the initial value for the Reg. Simply connect fields to ",(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{children:"DontCare"})," that\nyou do not wish to be reset."]}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.pre,{children:(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{className:"language-scala",children:"class MyModule2 extends Module {\n val reg = RegInit({\n // The wire could be constructed before the reg rather than in the RegInit scope,\n // but this style has nice lexical scoping behavior, keeping the Wire private\n val init = Wire(new MyBundle)\n init := DontCare // No fields will be reset\n init.foo := 123.U // Last connect override, .foo is reset\n init\n })\n}\n"})}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.h2,{id:"bundles",children:"Bundles"}),"\n",(0,t.jsxs)(n.h3,{id:"-how-do-i-deal-with-aliased-bundle-fields",children:[(0,t.jsx)("a",{name:"aliased-bundle-fields"})," How do I deal with aliased Bundle fields?"]}),"\n",(0,t.jsxs)(n.p,{children:["Following the ",(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{children:"gen"})," pattern when creating Bundles can result in some opaque error messages:"]}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.pre,{children:(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{className:"language-scala",children:"class AliasedBundle[T <: Data](gen: T) extends Bundle {\n val foo = gen\n val bar = gen\n}\n"})}),"\n",(0,t.jsx)(n.pre,{children:(0,t.jsx)(n.code,{className:"language-scala",children:"getVerilogString(new Top(new AliasedBundle(UInt(8.W))))\n// chisel3.AliasedAggregateFieldException: AliasedBundle contains aliased fields named (bar,foo)\n// \tat ... ()\n// \tat repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$Top$$anonfun$50$$anonfun$apply$37.apply(cookbook.md:301)\n// \tat repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$Top$$anonfun$50$$anonfun$apply$37.apply(cookbook.md:301)\n// \tat chisel3.experimental.prefix$.apply(prefix.scala:50)\n// \tat repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$Top$$anonfun$50.apply(cookbook.md:301)\n// \tat repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$Top$$anonfun$50.apply(cookbook.md)\n// \tat chisel3.internal.plugin.package$.autoNameRecursively(package.scala:33)\n// \tat repl.MdocSession$MdocApp17$Top.import chisel3._
import circt.stage.ChiselStage
import chisel3.util.Decoupled
class BadRegConnect extends Module {
val io = IO(new Bundle {
val enq = Decoupled(UInt(8.W))
})
val monitor = Reg(chiselTypeOf(io.enq))
monitor := io.enq
}
ChiselStage.emitSystemVerilog(new BadRegConnect)
// circt.stage.phases.Exceptions$FirtoolNonZeroExitCode: /home/runner/.cache/llvm-firtool/1.62.0/bin/firtool returned a non-zero exit code. Note that this version of Chisel (6.0.0+6-1634320c-SNAPSHOT) was published against firtool version 1.62.0.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ExitCode:
// 1
// STDOUT:
//
// STDERR:
// cookbook.md:985:20: error: 'firrtl.reg' op result #0 must be a passive non-'const' base type that does not contain analog, but got '!firrtl.bundle<ready flip: uint<1>, valid: uint<1>, bits: uint<8>>'
// cookbook.md:985:20: note: see current operation: %4 = "firrtl.reg"(%arg0) {annotations = [], name = "monitor", nameKind = #firrtl<name_kind interesting_name>} : (!firrtl.clock) -> !firrtl.bundle<ready flip: uint<1>, valid: uint<1>, bits: uint<8>>
//
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChiselStage.emitSystemVerilog(new BadRegConnect)
// circt.stage.phases.Exceptions$FirtoolNonZeroExitCode: /home/runner/.cache/llvm-firtool/1.62.0/bin/firtool returned a non-zero exit code. Note that this version of Chisel (6.0.0+10-acb30660-SNAPSHOT) was published against firtool version 1.62.0.
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// ExitCode:
// 1
// STDOUT:
//
// STDERR:
// cookbook.md:985:20: error: 'firrtl.reg' op result #0 must be a passive non-'const' base type that does not contain analog, but got '!firrtl.bundle<ready flip: uint<1>, valid: uint<1>, bits: uint<8>>'
// cookbook.md:985:20: note: see current operation: %4 = "firrtl.reg"(%arg0) {annotations = [], name = "monitor", nameKind = #firrtl<name_kind interesting_name>} : (!firrtl.clock) -> !firrtl.bundle<ready flip: uint<1>, valid: uint<1>, bits: uint<8>>
//
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
While there is no construct to "strip direction" in Chisel3, wrapping a type in Output(...)
(the default direction in Chisel3) will
set all of the individual elements to output direction.
diff --git a/docs/cookbooks/dataview.html b/docs/cookbooks/dataview.html
index fd8914a062f..fde1f209ad3 100644
--- a/docs/cookbooks/dataview.html
+++ b/docs/cookbooks/dataview.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
import chisel3._
import chisel3.experimental.hierarchy.{Definition, Instance, instantiable, IsLookupable, public}
case class MyCaseClass(width: Int) extends IsLookupable
@instantiable
class MyModule extends Module {
@public val x = MyCaseClass(10)
}
class Top extends Module {
val inst = Instance(Definition(new MyModule))
println(s"Width is ${inst.x.width}")
}
Width is 10
Circuit(Top,List(DefModule(repl.MdocSession$MdocApp5$MyModule@a2f6271,MyModule,List(Port(MyModule.clock: IO[Clock],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo), Port(MyModule.reset: IO[Reset],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo)),Vector()), DefModule(repl.MdocSession$MdocApp5$Top@156bac17,Top,List(Port(Top.clock: IO[Clock],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo), Port(Top.reset: IO[Bool],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo)),Vector(DefInstance(SourceLine(hierarchy.md,112,22),ModuleClone(repl.MdocSession$MdocApp5$MyModule@a2f6271),List(Port(MyModule.clock: IO[Clock],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo), Port(MyModule.reset: IO[Reset],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo))), Connect(SourceLine(hierarchy.md,112,22),Node(MyModule.inst.clock: IO[Clock]),Node(Top.clock: IO[Clock])), Connect(SourceLine(hierarchy.md,112,22),Node(MyModule.inst.reset: IO[Reset]),Node(Top.reset: IO[Bool]))))),List(),firrtl.renamemap.package$MutableRenameMap@439f96c7,List(),List(),List(),List())
Width is 10
Circuit(Top,List(DefModule(repl.MdocSession$MdocApp5$MyModule@4fe79891,MyModule,List(Port(MyModule.clock: IO[Clock],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo), Port(MyModule.reset: IO[Reset],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo)),Vector()), DefModule(repl.MdocSession$MdocApp5$Top@7a580aa8,Top,List(Port(Top.clock: IO[Clock],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo), Port(Top.reset: IO[Bool],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo)),Vector(DefInstance(SourceLine(hierarchy.md,112,22),ModuleClone(repl.MdocSession$MdocApp5$MyModule@4fe79891),List(Port(MyModule.clock: IO[Clock],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo), Port(MyModule.reset: IO[Reset],Input,UnlocatableSourceInfo))), Connect(SourceLine(hierarchy.md,112,22),Node(MyModule.inst.clock: IO[Clock]),Node(Top.clock: IO[Clock])), Connect(SourceLine(hierarchy.md,112,22),Node(MyModule.inst.reset: IO[Reset]),Node(Top.reset: IO[Bool]))))),List(),firrtl.renamemap.package$MutableRenameMap@19786211,List(),List(),List(),List())
Just like Instances, Definition's also contain accessors for @public members.
As such, you can directly access them:
elaborate(new ScalaCastingModule( () => new MyBundle(3)))
But if we are wrong, we can get a Scala runtime exception:
-class NotMyBundle extends Bundle {val baz = Bool()}
elaborate(new ScalaCastingModule(() => new NotMyBundle()))
// java.lang.ClassCastException: class repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$NotMyBundle$1 cannot be cast to class repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$MyBundle (repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$NotMyBundle$1 and repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$MyBundle are in unnamed module of loader scala.reflect.internal.util.AbstractFileClassLoader @3ff9f0e5)
// at ... ()
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72$$anonfun$apply$73.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72$$anonfun$apply$73.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at chisel3.SpecifiedDirection$.specifiedDirection(Data.scala:66)
// at chisel3.Output$.apply(Data.scala:269)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at chisel3.IO$.apply(IO.scala:34)
// at chisel3.experimental.BaseModule.IO(Module.scala:760)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at chisel3.experimental.prefix$.apply(prefix.scala:50)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md)
// at chisel3.internal.plugin.package$.autoNameRecursively(package.scala:33)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule.<init>(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$$anonfun$apply$75.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:309)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$$anonfun$apply$75.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:309)
// at ... ()
// at ... (Stack trace trimmed to user code only. Rerun with --full-stacktrace to see the full stack trace)
class NotMyBundle extends Bundle {val baz = Bool()}
elaborate(new ScalaCastingModule(() => new NotMyBundle()))
// java.lang.ClassCastException: class repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$NotMyBundle$1 cannot be cast to class repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$MyBundle (repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$NotMyBundle$1 and repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$MyBundle are in unnamed module of loader scala.reflect.internal.util.AbstractFileClassLoader @bd417c6)
// at ... ()
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72$$anonfun$apply$73.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72$$anonfun$apply$73.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at chisel3.SpecifiedDirection$.specifiedDirection(Data.scala:66)
// at chisel3.Output$.apply(Data.scala:269)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71$$anonfun$apply$72.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at chisel3.IO$.apply(IO.scala:34)
// at chisel3.experimental.BaseModule.IO(Module.scala:760)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76$$anonfun$apply$71.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at chisel3.experimental.prefix$.apply(prefix.scala:50)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule$$anonfun$76.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md)
// at chisel3.internal.plugin.package$.autoNameRecursively(package.scala:33)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$ScalaCastingModule.<init>(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:293)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$$anonfun$apply$75.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:309)
// at repl.MdocSession$MdocApp$$anonfun$79$$anonfun$apply$75.apply(chisel-type-vs-scala-type.md:309)
// at ... ()
// at ... (Stack trace trimmed to user code only. Rerun with --full-stacktrace to see the full stack trace)
.asTypeOf is a conversion from one Data subclass to another.
It is commonly used to assign data to all-zeros, as described in this cookbook recipe, but it can
also be used (though not really recommended, as there is no checking on
diff --git a/docs/explanations/combinational-circuits.html b/docs/explanations/combinational-circuits.html
index 7c7ef8e4d13..b66cd8d27bb 100644
--- a/docs/explanations/combinational-circuits.html
+++ b/docs/explanations/combinational-circuits.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@