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+---
+layout: docs
+title: "General Cookbook"
+section: "chisel3"
+---
+
+# General Cookbook
+
+
+Please note that these examples make use of [Chisel's scala-style printing](../explanations/printing#scala-style).
+
+* Type Conversions
+ * [How do I create a UInt from an instance of a Bundle?](#how-do-i-create-a-uint-from-an-instance-of-a-bundle)
+ * [How do I create a Bundle from a UInt?](#how-do-i-create-a-bundle-from-a-uint)
+ * [How can I tieoff a Bundle/Vec to 0?](#how-can-i-tieoff-a-bundlevec-to-0)
+ * [How do I create a Vec of Bools from a UInt?](#how-do-i-create-a-vec-of-bools-from-a-uint)
+ * [How do I create a UInt from a Vec of Bool?](#how-do-i-create-a-uint-from-a-vec-of-bool)
+ * [How do I connect a subset of Bundle fields?](#how-do-i-connect-a-subset-of-bundle-fields)
+* Vectors and Registers
+ * [Can I make a 2D or 3D Vector?](#can-i-make-a-2D-or-3D-Vector)
+ * [How do I create a Vector of Registers?](#how-do-i-create-a-vector-of-registers)
+ * [How do I create a Reg of type Vec?](#how-do-i-create-a-reg-of-type-vec)
+* [How do I create a finite state machine?](#how-do-i-create-a-finite-state-machine-fsm)
+* [How do I unpack a value ("reverse concatenation") like in Verilog?](#how-do-i-unpack-a-value-reverse-concatenation-like-in-verilog)
+* [How do I do subword assignment (assign to some bits in a UInt)?](#how-do-i-do-subword-assignment-assign-to-some-bits-in-a-uint)
+* [How do I create an optional I/O?](#how-do-i-create-an-optional-io)
+* Predictable Naming
+ * [How do I get Chisel to name signals properly in blocks like when/withClockAndReset?](#how-do-i-get-chisel-to-name-signals-properly-in-blocks-like-whenwithclockandreset)
+ * [How do I get Chisel to name the results of vector reads properly?](#how-do-i-get-chisel-to-name-the-results-of-vector-reads-properly)
+ * [How can I dynamically set/parametrize the name of a module?](#how-can-i-dynamically-setparametrize-the-name-of-a-module)
+* Directionality
+ * [How do I strip directions from a bidirectional Bundle (or other Data)?](#how-do-i-strip-directions-from-a-bidirectional-bundle-or-other-data)
+
+## Type Conversions
+
+### How do I create a UInt from an instance of a Bundle?
+
+Call [`asUInt`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/Bundle.html#asUInt():chisel3.UInt) on the [`Bundle`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/Bundle.html) instance.
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+
+class MyBundle extends Bundle {
+ val foo = UInt(4.W)
+ val bar = UInt(4.W)
+}
+
+class Foo extends RawModule {
+ val bundle = Wire(new MyBundle)
+ bundle.foo := 0xc.U
+ bundle.bar := 0x3.U
+ val uint = bundle.asUInt
+ printf(p"$uint") // 195
+
+ // Test
+ assert(uint === 0xc3.U)
+}
+```
+
+### How do I create a Bundle from a UInt?
+
+Use the [`asTypeOf`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/UInt.html#asTypeOf[T%3C:chisel3.Data](that:T):T) method to reinterpret the [`UInt`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/UInt.html) as the type of the [`Bundle`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/Bundle.html).
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+
+class MyBundle extends Bundle {
+ val foo = UInt(4.W)
+ val bar = UInt(4.W)
+}
+
+class Foo extends RawModule {
+ val uint = 0xb4.U
+ val bundle = uint.asTypeOf(new MyBundle)
+
+ printf(p"$bundle") // Bundle(foo -> 11, bar -> 4)
+
+ // Test
+ assert(bundle.foo === 0xb.U)
+ assert(bundle.bar === 0x4.U)
+}
+```
+
+### How can I tieoff a Bundle/Vec to 0?
+
+You can use `asTypeOf` as above. If you don't want to worry about the type of the thing
+you are tying off, you can use `chiselTypeOf`:
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+
+class MyBundle extends Bundle {
+ val foo = UInt(4.W)
+ val bar = Vec(4, UInt(1.W))
+}
+
+class Foo(typ: Data) extends RawModule {
+ val bundleA = IO(Output(typ))
+ val bundleB = IO(Output(typ))
+
+ // typ is already a Chisel Data Type, so can use it directly here, but you
+ // need to know that bundleA is of type typ
+ bundleA := 0.U.asTypeOf(typ)
+
+ // bundleB is a Hardware data IO(Output(...)) so need to call chiselTypeOf,
+ // but this will work no matter the type of bundleB:
+ bundleB := 0.U.asTypeOf(chiselTypeOf(bundleB))
+}
+
+class Bar extends RawModule {
+ val foo = Module(new Foo(new MyBundle()))
+}
+```
+### How do I create a Vec of Bools from a UInt?
+
+Use [`VecInit`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/VecInit$.html) given a `Seq[Bool]` generated using the [`asBools`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/UInt.html#asBools():Seq[chisel3.Bool]) method.
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+
+class Foo extends RawModule {
+ val uint = 0xc.U
+ val vec = VecInit(uint.asBools)
+
+ printf(p"$vec") // Vec(0, 0, 1, 1)
+
+ // Test
+ assert(vec(0) === false.B)
+ assert(vec(1) === false.B)
+ assert(vec(2) === true.B)
+ assert(vec(3) === true.B)
+}
+```
+
+### How do I create a UInt from a Vec of Bool?
+
+Use the builtin function [`asUInt`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/Vec.html#asUInt():chisel3.UInt)
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+
+class Foo extends RawModule {
+ val vec = VecInit(true.B, false.B, true.B, true.B)
+ val uint = vec.asUInt
+
+ printf(p"$uint") // 13
+
+ // Test
+ // (remember leftmost Bool in Vec is low order bit)
+ assert(0xd.U === uint)
+
+}
+```
+
+### How do I connect a subset of Bundle fields?
+
+See the [DataView cookbook](dataview#how-do-i-connect-a-subset-of-bundle-fields).
+
+## Vectors and Registers
+
+### Can I make a 2D or 3D Vector?
+
+Yes. Using `VecInit` you can make Vectors that hold Vectors of Chisel types. Methods `fill` and `tabulate` make these multi-dimensional Vectors.
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+
+class MyBundle extends Bundle {
+ val foo = UInt(4.W)
+ val bar = UInt(4.W)
+}
+
+class Foo extends Module {
+ //2D Fill
+ val twoDVec = VecInit.fill(2, 3)(5.U)
+ //3D Fill
+ val myBundle = Wire(new MyBundle)
+ myBundle.foo := 0xc.U
+ myBundle.bar := 0x3.U
+ val threeDVec = VecInit.fill(1, 2, 3)(myBundle)
+ assert(threeDVec(0)(0)(0).foo === 0xc.U && threeDVec(0)(0)(0).bar === 0x3.U)
+
+ //2D Tabulate
+ val indexTiedVec = VecInit.tabulate(2, 2){ (x, y) => (x + y).U }
+ assert(indexTiedVec(0)(0) === 0.U)
+ assert(indexTiedVec(0)(1) === 1.U)
+ assert(indexTiedVec(1)(0) === 1.U)
+ assert(indexTiedVec(1)(1) === 2.U)
+ //3D Tabulate
+ val indexTiedVec3D = VecInit.tabulate(2, 3, 4){ (x, y, z) => (x + y * z).U }
+ assert(indexTiedVec3D(0)(0)(0) === 0.U)
+ assert(indexTiedVec3D(1)(1)(1) === 2.U)
+ assert(indexTiedVec3D(1)(1)(2) === 3.U)
+ assert(indexTiedVec3D(1)(1)(3) === 4.U)
+ assert(indexTiedVec3D(1)(2)(3) === 7.U)
+}
+```
+```scala mdoc:invisible
+// Hidden but will make sure this actually compiles
+import chisel3.stage.ChiselStage
+
+ChiselStage.emitVerilog(new Foo)
+```
+
+
+### How do I create a Vector of Registers?
+
+**Rule! Use Reg of Vec not Vec of Reg!**
+
+You create a [Reg of type Vec](#how-do-i-create-a-reg-of-type-vec). Because Vecs are a *type* (like `UInt`, `Bool`) rather than a *value*, we must bind the Vec to some concrete *value*.
+
+### How do I create a Reg of type Vec?
+
+For more information, the API Documentation for [`Vec`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/Vec.html) provides more information.
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+
+class Foo extends RawModule {
+ val regOfVec = Reg(Vec(4, UInt(32.W))) // Register of 32-bit UInts
+ regOfVec(0) := 123.U // Assignments to elements of the Vec
+ regOfVec(1) := 456.U
+ regOfVec(2) := 789.U
+ regOfVec(3) := regOfVec(0)
+
+ // Reg of Vec of 32-bit UInts initialized to zero
+ // Note that Seq.fill constructs 4 32-bit UInt literals with the value 0
+ // VecInit(...) then constructs a Wire of these literals
+ // The Reg is then initialized to the value of the Wire (which gives it the same type)
+ val initRegOfVec = RegInit(VecInit(Seq.fill(4)(0.U(32.W))))
+}
+```
+
+### How do I create a finite state machine (FSM)?
+
+The advised way is to use [`ChiselEnum`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/experimental/index.html#ChiselEnum=chisel3.experimental.EnumFactory) to construct enumerated types representing the state of the FSM.
+State transitions are then handled with [`switch`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/util/switch$.html)/[`is`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/util/is$.html) and [`when`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/when$.html)/[`.elsewhen`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/WhenContext.html#elsewhen(elseCond:=%3Echisel3.Bool)(block:=%3EUnit)(implicitsourceInfo:chisel3.internal.sourceinfo.SourceInfo,implicitcompileOptions:chisel3.CompileOptions):chisel3.WhenContext)/[`.otherwise`](https://www.chisel-lang.org/api/latest/chisel3/WhenContext.html#otherwise(block:=%3EUnit)(implicitsourceInfo:chisel3.internal.sourceinfo.SourceInfo,implicitcompileOptions:chisel3.CompileOptions):Unit).
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+import chisel3.util.{switch, is}
+import chisel3.experimental.ChiselEnum
+
+object DetectTwoOnes {
+ object State extends ChiselEnum {
+ val sNone, sOne1, sTwo1s = Value
+ }
+}
+
+/* This FSM detects two 1's one after the other */
+class DetectTwoOnes extends Module {
+ import DetectTwoOnes.State
+ import DetectTwoOnes.State._
+
+ val io = IO(new Bundle {
+ val in = Input(Bool())
+ val out = Output(Bool())
+ val state = Output(State())
+ })
+
+ val state = RegInit(sNone)
+
+ io.out := (state === sTwo1s)
+ io.state := state
+
+ switch (state) {
+ is (sNone) {
+ when (io.in) {
+ state := sOne1
+ }
+ }
+ is (sOne1) {
+ when (io.in) {
+ state := sTwo1s
+ } .otherwise {
+ state := sNone
+ }
+ }
+ is (sTwo1s) {
+ when (!io.in) {
+ state := sNone
+ }
+ }
+ }
+}
+```
+
+Note: the `is` statement can take multiple conditions e.g. `is (sTwo1s, sOne1) { ... }`.
+
+### How do I unpack a value ("reverse concatenation") like in Verilog?
+
+In Verilog, you can do something like the following which will unpack a the value `z`:
+
+```verilog
+wire [1:0] a;
+wire [3:0] b;
+wire [2:0] c;
+wire [8:0] z = [...];
+assign {a,b,c} = z;
+```
+
+Unpacking often corresponds to reinterpreting an unstructured data type as a structured data type.
+Frequently, this structured type is used prolifically in the design, and has been declared as in the following example:
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+
+class MyBundle extends Bundle {
+ val a = UInt(2.W)
+ val b = UInt(4.W)
+ val c = UInt(3.W)
+}
+```
+
+The easiest way to accomplish this in Chisel would be:
+
+```scala mdoc:silent
+class Foo extends RawModule {
+ val z = Wire(UInt(9.W))
+ z := DontCare // This is a dummy connection
+ val unpacked = z.asTypeOf(new MyBundle)
+ printf("%d", unpacked.a)
+ printf("%d", unpacked.b)
+ printf("%d", unpacked.c)
+}
+```
+
+If you **really** need to do this for a one-off case (Think thrice! It is likely you can better structure the code using bundles), then rocket-chip has a [Split utility](https://github.com/freechipsproject/rocket-chip/blob/723af5e6b69e07b5f94c46269a208a8d65e9d73b/src/main/scala/util/Misc.scala#L140) which can accomplish this.
+
+### How do I do subword assignment (assign to some bits in a UInt)?
+
+You may try to do something like the following where you want to assign only some bits of a Chisel type.
+Below, the left-hand side connection to `io.out(0)` is not allowed.
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+import chisel3.stage.{ChiselStage, ChiselGeneratorAnnotation}
+
+class Foo extends Module {
+ val io = IO(new Bundle {
+ val bit = Input(Bool())
+ val out = Output(UInt(10.W))
+ })
+ io.out(0) := io.bit
+}
+```
+
+If you try to compile this, you will get an error.
+```scala mdoc:crash
+(new ChiselStage).execute(Array("-X", "verilog"), Seq(new ChiselGeneratorAnnotation(() => new Foo)))
+```
+
+Chisel3 *does not support subword assignment*.
+The reason for this is that subword assignment generally hints at a better abstraction with an aggregate/structured types, i.e., a `Bundle` or a `Vec`.
+
+If you must express it this way, one approach is to blast your `UInt` to a `Vec` of `Bool` and back:
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+
+class Foo extends Module {
+ val io = IO(new Bundle {
+ val in = Input(UInt(10.W))
+ val bit = Input(Bool())
+ val out = Output(UInt(10.W))
+ })
+ val bools = VecInit(io.in.asBools)
+ bools(0) := io.bit
+ io.out := bools.asUInt
+}
+```
+
+
+### How do I create an optional I/O?
+
+The following example is a module which includes the optional port `out2` only if the given parameter is `true`.
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+
+class ModuleWithOptionalIOs(flag: Boolean) extends Module {
+ val io = IO(new Bundle {
+ val in = Input(UInt(12.W))
+ val out = Output(UInt(12.W))
+ val out2 = if (flag) Some(Output(UInt(12.W))) else None
+ })
+
+ io.out := io.in
+ if (flag) {
+ io.out2.get := io.in
+ }
+}
+```
+
+The following is an example where an entire `IO` is optional:
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+
+class ModuleWithOptionalIO(flag: Boolean) extends Module {
+ val in = if (flag) Some(IO(Input(Bool()))) else None
+ val out = IO(Output(Bool()))
+
+ out := in.getOrElse(false.B)
+}
+```
+
+## Predictable Naming
+
+### How do I get Chisel to name signals properly in blocks like when/withClockAndReset?
+
+Use the compiler plugin, and check out the [Naming Cookbook](#naming) if that still does not do what you want.
+
+### How do I get Chisel to name the results of vector reads properly?
+Currently, name information is lost when using dynamic indexing. For example:
+```scala mdoc:silent
+class Foo extends Module {
+ val io = IO(new Bundle {
+ val in = Input(Vec(4, Bool()))
+ val idx = Input(UInt(2.W))
+ val en = Input(Bool())
+ val out = Output(Bool())
+ })
+
+ val x = io.in(io.idx)
+ val y = x && io.en
+ io.out := y
+}
+```
+
+The above code loses the `x` name, instead using `_GEN_3` (the other `_GEN_*` signals are expected).
+```verilog
+module Foo(
+ input clock,
+ input reset,
+ input io_in_0,
+ input io_in_1,
+ input io_in_2,
+ input io_in_3,
+ input [1:0] io_idx,
+ input io_en,
+ output io_out
+);
+ wire _GEN_1; // @[main.scala 15:13]
+ wire _GEN_2; // @[main.scala 15:13]
+ wire _GEN_3; // @[main.scala 15:13]
+ assign _GEN_1 = 2'h1 == io_idx ? io_in_1 : io_in_0; // @[main.scala 15:13]
+ assign _GEN_2 = 2'h2 == io_idx ? io_in_2 : _GEN_1; // @[main.scala 15:13]
+ assign _GEN_3 = 2'h3 == io_idx ? io_in_3 : _GEN_2; // @[main.scala 15:13]
+ assign io_out = _GEN_3 & io_en; // @[main.scala 16:10]
+endmodule
+```
+
+This can be worked around by creating a wire and connecting the dynamic index to the wire:
+```scala
+val x = WireInit(io.in(io.idx))
+```
+
+Which produces:
+```verilog
+module Foo(
+ input clock,
+ input reset,
+ input io_in_0,
+ input io_in_1,
+ input io_in_2,
+ input io_in_3,
+ input [1:0] io_idx,
+ input io_en,
+ output io_out
+);
+ wire _GEN_1;
+ wire _GEN_2;
+ wire x;
+ assign _GEN_1 = 2'h1 == io_idx ? io_in_1 : io_in_0;
+ assign _GEN_2 = 2'h2 == io_idx ? io_in_2 : _GEN_1;
+ assign x = 2'h3 == io_idx ? io_in_3 : _GEN_2;
+ assign io_out = x & io_en; // @[main.scala 16:10]
+endmodule
+```
+### How can I dynamically set/parametrize the name of a module?
+
+You can override the `desiredName` function. This works with normal Chisel modules and `BlackBox`es. Example:
+
+```scala mdoc:silent:reset
+import chisel3._
+
+class Coffee extends BlackBox {
+ val io = IO(new Bundle {
+ val I = Input(UInt(32.W))
+ val O = Output(UInt(32.W))
+ })
+ override def desiredName = "Tea"
+}
+
+class Salt extends Module {
+ val io = IO(new Bundle {})
+ val drink = Module(new Coffee)
+ override def desiredName = "SodiumMonochloride"
+}
+```
+
+Elaborating the Chisel module `Salt` yields our "desired names" for `Salt` and `Coffee` in the output Verilog:
+```scala mdoc:silent
+import chisel3.stage.ChiselStage
+
+ChiselStage.emitVerilog(new Salt)
+```
+
+```scala mdoc:verilog
+ChiselStage.emitVerilog(new Salt)
+```
+
+## Directionality
+
+### How do I strip directions from a bidirectional Bundle (or other Data)?
+
+Given a bidirectional port like a `Decoupled`, you will get an error if you try to connect it directly
+to a register:
+
+```scala mdoc:silent
+import chisel3.util.Decoupled
+class BadRegConnect extends Module {
+ val io = IO(new Bundle {
+ val enq = Decoupled(UInt(8.W))
+ })
+
+ val monitor = Reg(chiselTypeOf(io.enq))
+ monitor := io.enq
+}
+```
+
+```scala mdoc:crash
+ChiselStage.emitVerilog(new BadRegConnect)
+```
+
+While there is no construct to "strip direction" in Chisel3, wrapping a type in `Output(...)`
+(the default direction in Chisel3) will
+set all of the individual elements to output direction.
+This will have the desired result when used to construct a Register:
+
+```scala mdoc:silent
+import chisel3.util.Decoupled
+class CoercedRegConnect extends Module {
+ val io = IO(new Bundle {
+ val enq = Flipped(Decoupled(UInt(8.W)))
+ })
+
+ // Make a Reg which contains all of the bundle's signals, regardless of their directionality
+ val monitor = Reg(Output(chiselTypeOf(io.enq)))
+ // Even though io.enq is bidirectional, := will drive all fields of monitor with the fields of io.enq
+ monitor := io.enq
+}
+```
+
+<!-- Just make sure it actually works -->
+```scala mdoc:invisible
+ChiselStage.emitVerilog(new CoercedRegConnect {
+ // Provide default connections that would just muddy the example
+ io.enq.ready := true.B
+ // dontTouch so that it shows up in the Verilog
+ dontTouch(monitor)
+})
+```