Components & Ports

Defining Components

Components are the building blocks of vctx designs. They are defined with inputs and outputs in a port list.

component Blinky(output led: u1) {
    // Body...
}

Port Direction

in: Input signal. out: Output signal. output: Alias for out.

Instantiation

You can instantiate other components within a component.

// Syntax: ComponentName(connection_list)
Blinky(led: my_wire)

// Named instantiation
// Syntax: InstanceName : ComponentName(connection_list)
led_driver : Blinky(led: my_wire)

The first identifier is the optional instance name (e.g., led_driver). The second identifier is the component name (e.g., Blinky).