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Counter from State Diagram: Implementation

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Robust control units and sequencers must recover gracefully from single-event upsets. A state machine that explicitly defines transitions for all unused states guarantees deterministic recovery without hanging.

Implement a 3-bit synchronous counter that follows a 5-state sequence and forces all invalid states to return to zero. The state transition specification is defined below. Assume a synchronous reset signal rst that forces the state to 000.

| Current Q2 | Current Q1 | Current Q0 | Next Q2 | Next Q1 | Next Q0 | |--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Constraints

  • Use exactly three D flip-flops.
  • Implement the next-state logic using basic combinational gates.
  • Do not use asynchronous resets or presets to handle the invalid states.

Topics

Sequential LogicCountersState Machines

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