HDL Minimum Resource FFT

(Removed) FFT— optimized for HDL code generation using minimum hardware resources

The HDL Minimum Resource FFT block has been removed. Use the FFT HDL Optimized block with the Architecture parameter set to Burst Radix 2, instead. For more information, see Implement FFT for FPGA Using FFT HDL Optimized Block.

Library

Obsolete

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  • HDL Minimum Resource FFT (Obsolete) block

Description

The HDL Minimum Resource FFT block implements an FFT architecture that uses minimal hardware resources. The HDL Minimum Resource FFT block supports the Radix-2 with decimation-in-time (DIT) algorithm for FFT computation. See the FFT block for more information about this algorithm.

The results returned by the HDL Minimum Resource FFT block are bit-for-bit compatible with results returned by the FFT block. The operation of the HDL Minimum Resource FFT block differs from the FFT block, due to the requirements of hardware realization. The HDL Minimum Resource FFT block:

  • Requires serial input

  • Generates serial output

  • Operates in burst I/O mode

The HDL Minimum Resource FFT block provides handshaking signals to support these features.

Block Inputs and Outputs

The input ports are:

  • din: The input data signal. A complex signal is required.

  • start: Boolean control signal. When this signal is asserted true (1), the HDL Minimum Resource FFT block initiates processing of a data frame.

The output ports are:

  • dout: Data output signal. The Radix-2 with DIT algorithm produces output with linear ordering.

  • dvalid: Boolean control signal. The HDL Minimum Resource FFT block asserts this signal true (1) when a burst of valid output data is available at the dout port.

  • ready: Boolean control signal. The HDL Minimum Resource FFT block asserts this signal true (1) to indicate that it is ready to process a new frame.

Configuring Control Signals

For efficient hardware deployment of the HDL Minimum Resource FFT block, the timing of the block's input and output data streams must be considered carefully. The following figure shows the timing relationships between the system clock and the start, ready, and dvalid signals.

When ready is asserted, the start signal (active high) triggers the block. The high cycle period of the start signal does not affect the behavior of the block.

One clock cycle after the start trigger, the block begins to load data and the ready signal is deasserted. During the interval when the block is loading, processing, and outputting data, ready is low and the start signal is ignored.

The dvalid signal is asserted high for N clock cycles (where N is the FFT length) after processing is complete. ready is asserted again after the N-point FFT outputs are sent out.

The expression Tcycle denotes the total number of clock cycles required by the HDL Minimum Resource FFT block to complete an FFT of length N. Tcycle is defined as follows:

  • Where N >8

    Tcycle =  3N/2-2 + log2(N)*(N/2+3);

  • Where N = 8

    Tcycle =  3N/2-1 +log2(N)*(N/2+3);

Given Tcycle, you can then define the period between assertions of the HDL Minimum Resource FFT start signal in a way that is suitable to your application. For example:

if (N<=8)
startLen = (ceil(Tcycle/N)+1)*N;
else
startLen = ceil(Tcycle/N)*N;
end

Use this startLen variable as the period of a Pulse Generator that drives the HDL Minimum Resource FFT block's start input.

The HDL Minimum Resource FFT block asserts and deasserts the ready and dvalid signals automatically. Route these signals to the parts of your design that write to and read from the HDL Minimum Resource FFT block.

Parameters

FFT Length

Default: 8

The FFT length must be a power of 2, in the range 23 .. 216.

Rounding mode

Default: Floor

The HDL Minimum Resource FFT block supports all rounding modes of the FFT block. See also the FFT block reference section.

Overflow mode

Default: Saturate

The HDL Minimum Resource FFT block supports all overflow modes of the FFT block. See also the FFT block reference section.

Sine table

Default: Same word length as input

Choose how you specify the word length of the values of the sine table. The fraction length of the sine table values is equal to the word length minus one.

  • When you select Same word length as input, the word length of the sine table values match that of the input to the block.

  • When you select Specify word length, you can enter the word length of the sine table values, in bits, in the Sine table word length field. The sine table values do not obey the Rounding mode and Overflow mode parameters; they always saturate and round to Nearest.

Product output

Default: Same as input

Use this parameter to specify how you want to designate the product output word and fraction lengths:

  • When you select Same as input, these characteristics match those of the input to the block.

  • When you select Binary point scaling, you can enter the word length and the fraction length of the product output, in bits, in the Product word length and Product fraction length fields.

Accumulator

Default: Same as input

Use this parameter to specify how you want to designate the accumulator word and fraction lengths:

When you select Same as product output, these characteristics match those of the product output.

  • When you select Same as input, these characteristics match those of the input to the block.

  • When you select Binary point scaling, you can enter the word length and the fraction length of the accumulator, in bits, in the Accumulator word length and Accumulator fraction length fields.

Output

Default: Same as input

Choose how you specify the output word length and fraction length:

  • When you select Same as input, these characteristics match those of the input to the block.

  • When you select Binary point scaling, you can enter the word length and the fraction length of the output, in bits, in the Output word length and Output fraction length fields.

Note

The HDL FFT block skips the divide-by-two operation on butterfly outputs for fixed-point signals.

HDL Code Generation

HDL Coder™ provides additional configuration options that affect HDL implementation and synthesized logic.

HDL Architecture

This block has a single, default HDL architecture.

HDL Block Properties

ConstrainedOutputPipeline

Number of registers to place at the outputs by moving existing delays within your design. Distributed pipelining does not redistribute these registers. The default is 0. For more details, see ConstrainedOutputPipeline (HDL Coder).

InputPipeline

Number of input pipeline stages to insert in the generated code. Distributed pipelining and constrained output pipelining can move these registers. The default is 0. For more details, see InputPipeline (HDL Coder).

OutputPipeline

Number of output pipeline stages to insert in the generated code. Distributed pipelining and constrained output pipelining can move these registers. The default is 0. For more details, see OutputPipeline (HDL Coder).

Compatibility Considerations

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Errors starting in R2020b

Introduced in R2014b