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Johnson Counter: One Flip-Flop Stuck at 0

HardLogic CircuitDebug

A 4-bit Johnson counter generates an 8-state sequence by shifting bits and feeding the inverted output of the last stage back to the first.

Expected behavior:

| Clock Cycle | Q0 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |-------------|------|------|------|------| | 0 (Reset) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Simulation shows that after resetting to 0000, the counter progresses to 1000 and 1100, but then remains locked at 1100 for all subsequent clock cycles. The expected state 1110 at clock cycle 3 is never reached. Inspect the circuit and correct the fault.

Constraints

  • Maintain the 4-bit shift register architecture.
  • Do not add new flip-flops to the circuit.

Topics

debugsequential-logicflip-flopscounters

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