I'm starting to write a VGA controller for a DE0 board. I have a model which compiles and loads onto the DE0 board. Also it displays the test message. The problem I am having is I cannot simulate my controller using Quartus II modsim. When I run the simulation I cannot start the VGA file. The little plus icon is missing from the file. A picture and the models file I am using are below:
vga model
LIBRARY IEEE;
USE IEEE.std_logic_1164.ALL;
USE IEEE.numeric_std.ALL;
ENTITY VGA is
PORT (clk : IN std_logic; -- demo had 2 bit vector
rst : IN std_logic:='1';
vga_hs, vga_vs : OUT std_logic;
vga_r, vga_g, vga_b : OUT std_logic_vector(3 DOWNTO 0));
END ENTITY VGA;
ARCHITECTURE A1 OF VGA IS
SIGNAL clk25 : std_logic; -- clk25 signal
BEGIN
SYNC1 : ENTITY work.sync(A1)
PORT MAP (clk25, vga_hs, vga_vs, vga_r, vga_g, vga_b);
CLK_25 : ENTITY work.CLK25(behav)
PORT MAP (clk, rst, clk25);
END ARCHITECTURE A1;
Sync model
LIBRARY IEEE;
USE IEEE.std_logic_1164.ALL;
USE IEEE.numeric_std.ALL;
ENTITY SYNC IS
GENERIC (
h_res : integer:= 640 ; -- horizontal screen resolution
h_fp : integer:= 16 ; -- horizontal front porch
h_bp : integer:= 48 ; -- horizontal back porch
h_sync : integer:= 96 ; -- horizontal sync pulse duration
h_sync_pol : std_logic:='0'; -- horizontal sync pulse state
v_res : integer:= 480 ; -- vertical screen resolution
v_fp : integer:= 10 ; -- vertical front porch
v_bp : integer:= 33 ; -- vertical back porch
v_sync : integer:= 2; -- vertical sync pulse duration
v_sync_pol : std_logic:='0' -- vertical sync pulse state
);
PORT(
clk : IN std_logic;
h_sync_pulse, v_sync_pulse : OUT std_logic;
r, g, b : OUT std_logic_vector(3 DOWNTO 0)
);
END ENTITY SYNC;
ARCHITECTURE A1 OF SYNC IS
CONSTANT h_size : integer := (h_res + h_fp + h_bp + h_sync); -- total horizontal vector
CONSTANT v_size : integer := (v_res + v_fp + v_bp + v_sync); -- total vertical vector
SIGNAL h_pos : integer RANGE 0 TO h_size := 0; -- total horizontal vector
SIGNAL v_pos : integer RANGE 0 TO h_size := 0; -- total vertical vector
BEGIN
TIMING :PROCESS(clk, h_pos, v_pos) IS
BEGIN
IF rising_edge(clk) THEN
IF (h_pos <= 480 or v_pos <= 285) THEN -- middle of the screen is pic res/2 + (FP + sync + BP)
r <= (OTHERS => '1');
g <= (OTHERS => '1');
b <= (OTHERS => '1');
ELSE
r <= (OTHERS => '0');
g <= (OTHERS => '0');
b <= (OTHERS => '0');
END IF;
IF (h_pos <= 480 or v_pos <= 285) THEN -- middle of the screen is pic res/2 + (FP + sync + BP)
r <= (OTHERS => '1');
g <= (OTHERS => '1');
b <= (OTHERS => '1');
ELSE
r <= (OTHERS => '0');
g <= (OTHERS => '0');
b <= (OTHERS => '0');
END IF;
IF (h_pos < h_size) THEN
h_pos <= h_pos + 1;
ELSE
h_pos <= 0;
IF (v_pos < v_size) THEN
v_pos <= v_pos + 1;
ELSE
v_pos <= 0; --< edit was v_pos <= v_pos
END IF;
END IF;
IF (h_pos > h_fp and h_pos < h_fp + h_sync ) THEN -- H_POS between end of FP and the end of H_SYNC
h_sync_pulse <= h_sync_pol; -- H_SYNC needs to stay high during display
ELSE
h_sync_pulse <= '1';
END IF;
IF (v_pos > v_fp and v_pos < v_fp + v_sync ) THEN --V_POS between end of FP and the end of V_SYNC
v_sync_pulse <= v_sync_pol; -- V_SYNC needs to stay high during display
ELSE
v_sync_pulse <= '1';
END IF;
IF ((h_pos > 0 and h_pos < h_fp + h_bp + h_sync) or (v_pos > 0 and v_pos < v_fp + v_bp + v_sync )) THEN --During all of SYNC i.e FP + SYNC + BP colour signals stay low
r <= (OTHERS => '0');
g <= (OTHERS => '0');
b <= (OTHERS => '0');
END IF;
END IF;
END PROCESS TIMING;
END ARCHITECTURE A1;
The design units after compilation do not show the architectures for either the vga.vhd or the sync.vhd files
