README.md

VHDL Entity Converter

Converts a VHDL entity definition into a component, instance or signal definitions, using the clipboard.

Inspired by Sublime Text VHDL Utils. Requires the VHDL Language package (this will be installed automatically).

Examples

Starting with the following VHDL entity:

entity add is
generic (
  WIDTH  : integer := 8;
  HEIGHT : integer := 8
);
port (
  clk    : in  std_logic;
  rst    : in  std_logic;
  in1    : in  std_logic_vector(WIDTH-1 downto 0);
  in2    : in  std_logic_vector(WIDTH-1 downto 0);
  output : out std_logic_vector(WIDTH-1 downto 0);
  start  : in  std_logic;
  done   : out std_logic
);
end add;

Copy as Component:

[Ctrl] [Shift] [C] - [Ctrl] [Shift] [C] copies the following to the clipboard:

component add
generic (
  WIDTH  : integer := 8;
  HEIGHT : integer := 8
);
port (
  clk    : in  std_logic;
  rst    : in  std_logic;
  in1    : in  std_logic_vector(WIDTH-1 downto 0);
  in2    : in  std_logic_vector(WIDTH-1 downto 0);
  output : out std_logic_vector(WIDTH-1 downto 0);
  start  : in  std_logic;
  done   : out std_logic
);
end component add;

Copy as Instance:

[Ctrl] [Shift] [C] - [Ctrl] [Shift] [I] copies the following to the clipboard:

add_i : add
generic map (
  WIDTH  => WIDTH,
  HEIGHT => HEIGHT
)
port map (
  clk    => clk,
  rst    => rst,
  in1    => in1,
  in2    => in2,
  output => output,
  start  => start,
  done   => done
);

Copy as Signals

[Ctrl] [Shift] [C] - [Ctrl] [Shift] [S] copies the following to the clipboard:

signal clk    : std_logic;
signal rst    : std_logic;
signal in1    : std_logic_vector(WIDTH-1 downto 0);
signal in2    : std_logic_vector(WIDTH-1 downto 0);
signal output : std_logic_vector(WIDTH-1 downto 0);
signal start  : std_logic;
signal done   : std_logic;