An FPGA implementation of a classic 80ies speech synthesizer in Verilog.
- Platform agnostic implementation.
In order to build the FPGA bit stream for the Digitent DE0 board, you need Quartus II 13.1. If you have a different FPGA board, use the tools provided with that board but be aware the project will need to be adapted.
- 4 K ROM
Quartus II 13.1 synthesis results (Digilent DE0 board):
Flow Status Successful - Thu Oct 26 16:47:44 2017
Quartus II 64-Bit Version 13.1.0 Build 162 10/23/2013 SJ Web Edition
Revision Name Speech256_DE0
Top-level Entity Name Speech256_DE0
Family Cyclone III
Device EP3C16F484C6
Timing Models Final
Total logic elements 657 / 15,408 ( 4 % )
Total combinational functions 571 / 15,408 ( 4 % )
Dedicated logic registers 484 / 15,408 ( 3 % )
Total registers 484
Total pins 21 / 347 ( 6 % )
Total virtual pins 0
Total memory bits 32,868 / 516,096 ( 6 % )
Embedded Multiplier 9-bit elements 0 / 112 ( 0 % )
Total PLLs 0 / 4 ( 0 % )
A serial/parallel multiplier with one 10-bit sign-magnitude and one 2's complement 16-bit input. The 10-bit input range represents -1 .. 1.
The source consists of a LFSR noise generator and a pulse generator with a settable period/duration.
A 12-pole filter engine that takes 12 10-bit sign-magnitude filter coefficients and a 16-bit input. The 12-pole filter is built from second-order sections, each having coefficients A1 and A2. Each filter coefficient has a range of -1 .. 1.
The second-order filter transfer function is H(z) = 1 / (1 - 2 * A1 * z^-1 - A2 * z^-2).
The controller reads the allophones from the control bus and generates the necessary signals to drive the source and filter blocks. The parameters for the source and filter are encoded in a 4K ROM by means of high-level instructions.
For more information on how this system works, see http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/SP0256#Technical and http://spatula-city.org/~im14u2c/intv/tech/sp0256_instr_set.html.
GPLv3. Please see the LICENSE file.
This project was done during the Retro Challenge 2017/10 contest.
