When designing complex designs, I have come to use assertions more and more often. I've seen their benefits, and in my own design I have tried to get the most out of them by extending their traditional use. I thought I'd share my experiences and thoughts on these matters.
At first some short general notes on assertions. Assertions in VHDL is a means of producing an error at run-time if some condition is not met 1. An assertion for the signal err
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