VHDL Code for 4-Bit Shift Register

Shift Register

VHDL Code for shift register can be categorised in serial in serial out shift register, serial in parallel out shift register, parallel in parallel out shift register and parallel in serial out shift register.

Parallel In – Parallel Out Shift Registers

For parallel in – parallel out shift registers, all data bits appear on the parallel outputs immediately following the simultaneous entry of the data bits. The following circuit is a four-bit parallel in – parallel out shift register constructed by D flip-flops.

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The D’s are the parallel inputs and the Q’s are the parallel outputs. Once the register is clocked, all the data at the D inputs appear at the corresponding Q outputs simultaneously.

VHDL code for Parallel In Parallel Out Shift Register

library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;

entity pipo is
 port(
 clk : in std_logic;
 D: in std_logic_vector(3 downto 0);
 Q: out std_logic_vector(3 downto 0)
 );
end pipo;

architecture arch of pipo is

begin

 process (clk)
 begin
 if (CLK'event and CLK='1') then
 Q <= D;
 end if;
 end process;

end arch;

Serial In – Parallel Out Shift Registers

For Serial in – parallel out shift registers, all data bits appear on the parallel outputs following the data bits enters sequentially through each flipflop. The following circuit is a four-bit Serial in – parallel out shift register constructed by D flip-flops.

Serial In Parellel Out Shift Register

VHDL Code for Serial In Parallel Out Shift Register

library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;

entity sipo is
 port(
 clk, clear : in std_logic;
 Input_Data: in std_logic;
 Q: out std_logic_vector(3 downto 0) );
end sipo;

architecture arch of sipo is

begin

 process (clk)
 begin
 if clear = '1' then
 Q <= "0000";
 elsif (CLK'event and CLK='1') then
 Q(3 downto 1) <= Q(2 downto 0);
 Q(0) <= Input_Data;
 end if;
 end process;
end arch;

13 thoughts on “VHDL Code for 4-Bit Shift Register”

  1. library IEEE;
    use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.ALL;

    — Uncomment the following library declaration if using
    — arithmetic functions with Signed or Unsigned values
    –use IEEE.NUMERIC_STD.ALL;

    — Uncomment the following library declaration if instantiating
    — any Xilinx primitives in this code.
    –library UNISIM;
    –use UNISIM.VComponents.all;

    entity Shift_REG is
    Port ( clk : in STD_LOGIC;
    sp : in STD_LOGIC;
    enb : in STD_LOGIC;
    resetn : in STD_LOGIC;
    Dsin : in STD_LOGIC;
    Dpin : in STD_LOGIC;
    Qout : out STD_LOGIC);
    end Shift_REG;

    architecture Behavioral of Shift_REG
    is component nbit_mux_model is

    Port ( a,b,sel : in STD_LOGIC;

    mout:out std_logic);

    end component nbit_mux_model;

    component lsfit2_model is

    Port ( clk,nrst,enb,D : in STD_LOGIC;

    Q,nQ: out std_logic);

    end component lsfit2_model;

    signal sQout,snQout,sain,sbin,smout: std_logic_vector(3 downto 0);

    begin

    Rshift_reg_gen: for i in 3 downto 0 generate

    Rshift_reg:lsfit2_model

    Port map ( clk =>clk,

    D=>smout(i),

    nrst=>resetn,

    enb=>enb,

    Q=>sQout(i),

    nQ=> snQout(i));

    mux1:nbit_mux_model

    Port map ( a=>sain(i),

    b=>sbin(i) ,mout=>smout(i),sel=>sp);

    — Daisy-chain D-FF connection

    –Add you code here

    a1: if i=3 generate

    sain(i)<="1";

    end generate a1;

    a2: if i<3 generate

    sain(i)<="0";

    end generate a2;

    end generate Rshift_reg_gen;

    qout<=sQout;

    sbin<=Dpin;

    end Behavioral;

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  2. Q: output; you can’t use it as an input too.

    an intermediate signal should be used.

    ————- Correction ———————
    library ieee;
    use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;

    entity sipo is
    port(
    clk, clear : in std_logic;
    Input_Data: in std_logic;
    Q: out std_logic_vector(3 downto 0) );
    end sipo;

    architecture arch of sipo is

    signal qout : std_logic_vector ( 3 downto 0);

    begin
    process (clk)
    begin
    if clear = ‘1’ then
    qout <= "0000";
    elsif (CLK'event and CLK='1') then
    qout (3 downto 1) <= qout(2 downto 0);
    qout(0) <= Input_Data;
    end if;
    end process;

    Q<= qout;
    end arch;
    —————————————

    Reply
  3. the example given for PIPO shift register is not actually a shift register, its a storing element, you’re just feeding the input to the output, no bits have been shifted, please revise that!

    Reply

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