Divide by Constant HDL Optimized

R2026b

Divide input by a constant and round to integer and generate optimized HDL code

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Divide by Constant HDL Optimized block

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Libraries:
Fixed-Point Designer HDL Support / Math Operations

Description

The Divide by Constant HDL Optimized block outputs the result of dividing the input by a constant and rounds the result to an integer using the specified rounding method using an HDL-optimized architecture with cycle-true latency.

The Divide by Constant HDL Optimized block uses an algorithm that is functionally similar to the Granlund-Montgomery-Warren Method. The division operation is computed via a multiplication by inverse, which generally results in better performance on embedded systems.

Ports

Input

X — Dividend

real scalar

Dividend, specified as a real scalar.

Slope-bias representation is not supported for fixed-point data types.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | Boolean | fixed point

validIn — Whether input is valid

boolean scalar

Whether input is valid, specified as a Boolean scalar. This control signal indicates when the data from the X input port is valid. When this value is 1 (true), the block captures the value on the X input port. When this value is 0 (false), the block ignores the input samples.

Data Types: Boolean

Output

Y — Result of division and round operation

scalar

Result of division and round operation, returned as a scalar.

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | Boolean | fixed point

validOut — Whether output data is valid

boolean scalar

Whether the output data is valid, returned as a Boolean scalar. When the value of this control signal is 1 (true), the block has successfully computed the output Y. When this value is 0 (false), the output data is not valid.

Data Types: Boolean

Parameters

Denominator for rational division — Divisor

10 (default) | scalar

Divisor, specified as a positive, real-valued, finite scalar.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: Denominator

Type: character vector

Values: MATLAB® expression that evaluates to a positive, real-valued, finite fixed point or numeric value

Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32 | uint64 | Boolean | fixed point

Default: '10'

Rounding Method — Rounding method to use

Floor (default) | Ceiling | Nearest | Zero | Convergent

Rounding method to use, specified as one of these values:

• Floor — Round to nearest integer in the direction of negative infinity.

• Ceiling — Round to nearest integer in the direction of positive infinity.

• Nearest — Round to the nearest integer. Ties are rounded to the nearest integer in the direction of positive infinity.

• Zero — Round to the nearest integer in the direction of zero.

• Convergent — Round to the nearest integer. Ties are rounded to the nearest even integer.

Programmatic Use

Block Parameter: RndMeth

Type: character vector

Values: 'Floor' | 'Ceiling' | 'Nearest' | 'Zero' | 'Convergent'

Default: 'Floor'

Programmatic Use: Add Block

To add the block programmatically, use the add_block function with one of these library block paths as the source.

"embeddedMatrixLib/Math Operations/Divide by Constant HDL Optimized"

Example: add_block("embeddedMatrixLib/Math Operations/Divide by Constant HDL Optimized","myModel/myBlock",MakeNameUnique="on")

Tips

The blocks Divide by Constant HDL Optimized, Real Divide HDL Optimized, and Complex Divide HDL Optimized all perform the division operation and generate optimized HDL code.

• Real Divide HDL Optimized and Complex Divide HDL Optimized are based on a CORIDC algorithm. These blocks accept a wide variety of inputs, but will result in greater latency.

• Divide by Constant HDL Optimized accepts only real inputs and a constant divisor. Use of this block consumes DSP slices, but will complete the division operation in fewer cycles and at a higher clock rate.

Algorithms

Division Operation

The Divide by Constant HDL Optimized block uses an algorithm that is functionally similar to the Granlund-Montgomery-Warren Method. The division operation is computed via a multiplication by inverse, which generally results in better performance on embedded systems.

Latency

The Divide by Constant HDL Optimized uses an HDL-optimized architecture with cycle-true latency. The latency of this block is 5.

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation

Generate C and C++ code using Simulink® Coder™.

Slope-bias representation is not supported for fixed-point data types.

HDL Code Generation

Generate VHDL, Verilog and SystemVerilog code for FPGA and ASIC designs using HDL Coder™.

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

HDL Architecture

This block has one default HDL architecture.

HDL Block Properties

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

Restrictions

Slope-bias representation is not supported for fixed-point data types.

Version History

Introduced in R2021a