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Avalon-MM Slave BFM
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The Avalon-MM Slave BFM implements the slave side of the Avalon-MM interface protocol. The Avalon-MM
protocol is a standard memory-mapped protocol. It includes the following functionality:
• Reads and writes typical of simple peripherals
• Reads, writes, burst reads, and burst writes for typical memory devices
This BFM also includes a procedural interface to implement the following functions:
• Monitoring of incoming commands
• Passing incoming commands to the test program
• Accepting response transactions from the test program
• Driving responses
The following figure shows the top-level modules for a testbench. This testbench uses the Avalon-MM Slave
BFM to verify an Avalon-MM Master device. In addition to the The example testbench includes the following
components:
• Altera-provided Avalon-MM Slave BFM
• A test program
• The DUT
The test program is written in HDL. It implements the following functions:
• Programs the Avalon-MM master to issue Avalon-MM transactions
• Programs the Avalon-MM Slave BFM to respond
• Analyzes the results
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