[SOLVED] Convert from STD_LOGIC to integer in VHDL

[MSAKARIM]

Is this code right?, I need to convert from STD_LOGIC to integer( to add those integers) and then back result to STD_LOGIC:
a,h,f3,f0,k,w,f2,f1 are STD_Logic

        a          <= std_logic_vector(to_unsigned((To_integer(unsigned(h)) +
                                                                                 To_integer(unsigned(f3)) + 
                                                                                 To_integer(unsigned(f0)) +
                                                                                 To_integer(unsigned(k)) + 
                                                                                 To_integer(unsigned(w))  + 
                                                                                 To_integer(unsigned(f2)) + 
                                                                                 To_integer(unsigned(f1))),a'length));

 

[FvM]

Convert to integer makes no sense. Why not add unsigned?

 

[wtr]

std_logic but its nature is either 0 or 1.

Do you mean std_logic_vector, furthermore when converting from interger back to std_logic_vector via unsigned you need to specify length

 

[Humusk]

Here you can find examples with all the important VHDL conversions:
https://www.nandland.com/vhdl/tips/tip-convert-numeric-std-logic-vector-to-integer.html
I don't think that you can convert an std_logic to integer, you will probably need to use std_logic_vector signals of a single bit, like: signal names : std_logic_vector(0 downto 0);

 

[MSAKARIM]

Convert to integer makes no sense. Why not add unsigned?

I tried this:
a <= std_logic_vector(unsigned(h) +unsigned(f3) + unsigned(f0) +unsigned(k) + unsigned(w) + unsigned(f2) + unsigned(f1));

and i still have these errors "Bad expression in left operand of infix expression "+".
(vcom-1078) Identifier "unsigned" is not directly visible.
Illegal type conversion to ieee.std_logic_1164.STD_LOGIC_VECTOR (operand type is not known).

 

[TrickyDicky]

"Bad expression in left operand of infix expression "+".
(vcom-1078) Identifier "unsigned" is not directly visible.

This error is because you have more than one package that declares an unsigned type. You didnt post the code, but I assume you have included std_logic_arith and numeric_std. You should delete std_logic_arith as it is a non-standard VHDL library.

You have another problem: you're trying to convert std_logic to unsigned. Thats impossible, because std_logic is an enumerated type, and unsigned is an array of std_logic. They are not related types.
You will need to make an array out of your single std_logic bits to make them unsigned. There is a nice little hack for this - simply append the bit to a null array. You will also need to qualify the resulting array as unsigned so it doesnt get confused between unsigned and signed:

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a <= std_logic_vector( unsigned'(""&h) + unsigned(""&f3) ....... etc

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Of course, it would have been much easier if a and the other signals were all unsigned in the first place.

 

[ads-ee]

what libraries are you using?

...you are probably using the ieee.numeric_std along with the conflicting synopsys libraries ieee.std_logic_arith and ieee.std_logic_unsigned.

I've been having a similar problem due to a very old testbench and the need to use some code that requires numeric_std, so I've had to resort to explicitly calling out what functions are used instead of using .all, very annoying.

 

[MSAKARIM]

This error is because you have more than one package that declares an unsigned type. You didnt post the code, but I assume you have included std_logic_arith and numeric_std. You should delete std_logic_arith as it is a non-standard VHDL library.

You have another problem: you're trying to convert std_logic to unsigned. Thats impossible, because std_logic is an enumerated type, and unsigned is an array of std_logic. They are not related types.
You will need to make an array out of your single std_logic bits to make them unsigned. There is a nice little hack for this - simply append the bit to a null array. You will also need to qualify the resulting array as unsigned so it doesnt get confused between unsigned and signed:

---

Code VHDL - [expand]
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a <= std_logic_vector( unsigned'(""&h) + unsigned(""&f3) ....... etc

---

Of course, it would have been much easier if a and the other signals were all unsigned in the first place.

Thank you so much
It is solved

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what libraries are you using?

...you are probably using the ieee.numeric_std along with the conflicting synopsys libraries ieee.std_logic_arith and ieee.std_logic_unsigned.

I've been having a similar problem due to a very old testbench and the need to use some code that requires numeric_std, so I've had to resort to explicitly calling out what functions are used instead of using .all, very annoying.

Thank you so much
It is solved