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// See LICENSE for license details.

package chisel3.util

import chisel3._
import chisel3.internal.naming.chiselName  // can't use chisel3_ version because of compile order

/** Used to generate an inline (logic directly in the containing Module, no internal Module is created)
  * hardware counter.
  *
  * Typically instantiated with apply methods in [[Counter$ object Counter]]
  *
  * Does not create a new Chisel Module
  *
  * @example {{{
  *   val countOn = true.B // increment counter every clock cycle
  *   val (counterValue, counterWrap) = Counter(countOn, 4)
  *   when (counterValue === 3.U) {
  *     ...
  *   }
  * }}}
  *
  * @param n number of counts before the counter resets (or one more than the
  * maximum output value of the counter), need not be a power of two
  */
@chiselName
class Counter(val n: Int) {
  require(n >= 0)
  val value = if (n > 1) RegInit(0.U(log2Ceil(n).W)) else 0.U

  /** Increment the counter, returning whether the counter currently is at the
    * maximum and will wrap. The incremented value is registered and will be
    * visible on the next cycle.
    */
  def inc(): Bool = {
    if (n > 1) {
      val wrap = value === (n-1).asUInt
      value := value + 1.U
      if (!isPow2(n)) {
        when (wrap) { value := 0.U }
      }
      wrap
    } else {
      true.B
    }
  }
}

object Counter
{
  /** Instantiate a [[Counter! counter]] with the specified number of counts.
    */
  def apply(n: Int): Counter = new Counter(n)

  /** Instantiate a [[Counter! counter]] with the specified number of counts and a gate.
   *
    * @param cond condition that controls whether the counter increments this cycle
    * @param n number of counts before the counter resets
    * @return tuple of the counter value and whether the counter will wrap (the value is at
    * maximum and the condition is true).
    */
  @chiselName
  def apply(cond: Bool, n: Int): (UInt, Bool) = {
    val c = new Counter(n)
    // Note this use of var is generally frowned upon! Don't use this as an example.
    // This is done because we wanted the hardware generated by c.inc() to be wrapped
    // in a when statement, but still needed to refer to the final value returned by
    // c.inc() so we could return cond && wrap. Unless you really, really know what
    // you are doing, IGNORE THIS CODE!!!!!
    var wrap: Bool = null
    when (cond) { wrap = c.inc() }
    (c.value, cond && wrap)
  }
}