Synthesizable VHDL code for filter design (using FDATOOL) not obtained for MATLAB R2015a

Sir,

We designed a 6th order IIR low pass filter using FDATOOL in MATLABR2015a. We generated the VHDL code for the same using the 'Generate HDL' option under Analysis menu. However, in the generated VHDL code the filter coefficients were of datatype, 'real' and hence could not be synthesized by the Synplify tool in Libero IDE. Kindly guide us on the procedure to generate a synthesizable VHDL code for filter design using MATLAB.

A code snippet is provided below for reference:

LIBRARY IEEE;

USE IEEE.std_logic_1164.all;

USE IEEE.numeric_std.ALL;

ENTITY filter IS

PORT( clk : IN std_logic;

clk_enable : IN std_logic;

reset : IN std_logic;

filter_in : IN real; -- double

filter_out : OUT real -- double

);

END filter;

----------------------------------------------------------------

--Module Architecture: filter

----------------------------------------------------------------

ARCHITECTURE rtl OF filter IS

-- Local Functions

-- Type Definitions

TYPE delay_pipeline_type IS ARRAY (NATURAL range <>) OF real; -- double

-- Constants

CONSTANT scaleconst1 : real := 3.3591257762030907E-01; -- double

CONSTANT coeff_b1_section1 : real := 1.0000000000000000E+00; -- double

CONSTANT coeff_b2_section1 : real := 2.0000000000000000E+00; -- double

Thanks and Regards,

Arun Satheesan

Answer 1

[Bharath Venkataraman]

This is becasuse the filter is not quantized.

Use the Quantization panel in fdatool to create a fixed-point biquad filter. If you generate HDL for that filter, you will find that it has fixed-point settings.