A full adder is a digital circuit that performs addition of two single-bit binary numbers, including the carry bit from a previous addition. It has three inputs (input1, input2, and carry_in) and two outputs (sum and carry_out). The sum output is the XOR of the three inputs, and the carry_out output is the OR of the three inputs, with the AND operation used to compute the carry out bit.
Here is an example of how you might implement a full adder in VHDL:
library ieee;
entity full_adder is
port(
input1 : in std_logic;
input2 : in std_logic;
carry_in : in std_logic;
sum : out std_logic;
carry_out : out std_logic
);
end full_adder;
architecture behavioral of full_adder is
begin
-- Combinational logic to perform the addition
sum <= input1 xor input2 xor carry_in;
carry_out <= (input1 and input2) or (input1 and carry_in) or (input2 and carry_in);
end behavioral;
This example defines a digital circuit with three inputs (input1, input2, and carry_in) and two outputs (sum and carry_out). The combinational logic in the architecture block uses the XOR and OR operators, along with the AND operator, to compute the sum and carry_out outputs, respectively.
To use the full adder to add two single-bit binary numbers, you would set the input1 and input2 signals to the binary numbers you want to add, and the carry_in signal to the carry bit from a previous addition (if any). The sum and carry_out outputs will contain the result of the addition, including the carry out bit.
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.
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