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SystemVerilog Topic - Localparam

Let’s discuss localparam in relation to previous topics of parameters and defparam statements.

To achieve best results from the  localparam avoid using the assignments with expressions containing parameters. Example below

Avoid following coding style using parameters and localparam.

Localparam prevents the values to be overwritten (directly) from outside the module. Once the variables are declared with ‘localparam’ the values stays constant. When the module is instantiated within another module the values can’t be passed for these data type.

Example code for using localparam:

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Initial Statements in verilog.
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Conditional Statements & ‘always’ block.
Counter Implementation.
File Operations - $fopen, $fclose, $fdisplay, $fscanf
Read binary or hex format files - $readmemh, $readmemb.
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Testbench structure.
Random number generation.
Shift micro-operations use in rtl.
Memory - synchronous RAM implementation.
Verilog generate for memory instances.
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