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Using DPI to get the current value of a signal

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I'm using a C++ interface with SystemVerilog DPI to drive my Verilog simulation. From C++ I'd like to call a function which returns the current value of a Verilog signal. Ideally this function would take a string as an input parameter (e.g. "testbench.u1.u2.dout") and then return the reg value of the signal. I'm just not sure how to implement this in Verilog. $display, $monitor, $strobe all display to stdout (I know there are "file" versions of these system tasks, too). The TCL command "value" seems ideal, but how can I access the returned data in Verilog and then return it to C++? Anyway, I'm posting here because I've thought about this for a while and can't come up with an elegant way to do it. But, I'm convinced that there is a way and I'm not seeing it. Thanks, Shirley
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  • I was eventually able to get this to work using VPI.  Here's some of the code from the C++ side:

    # include "vpi_user.h"

    vpiHandle net;              // name of signal to probe
    s_vpi_value cur_val;  // current value of the signal


    net = vpi_handle_by_name("testbench.u1.u2.dout", NULL);  // set the name of the signal you are probing
    vector_size = vpi_get(vpiSize, net);    // returns the size of the signal you are probing
    cur_val.format = vpiVectorVal;             // set the format you want for the returned data
    vpi_get_value(net, &cur_val);              // probe the signal and return the value into cur_val structure

    // The value of the probed net is available in:

    cur_val.value.vector[0].aval   // bits [31:0] of the probed signal
    cur_val.value.vector[0].bval
    cur_val.value.vector[1].aval   // bits [63:32] of the probed signal
    cur_val.value.vector[1].bval
    ... and so on, depending on the vector_size of the net you probed
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  • I was eventually able to get this to work using VPI.  Here's some of the code from the C++ side:

    # include "vpi_user.h"

    vpiHandle net;              // name of signal to probe
    s_vpi_value cur_val;  // current value of the signal


    net = vpi_handle_by_name("testbench.u1.u2.dout", NULL);  // set the name of the signal you are probing
    vector_size = vpi_get(vpiSize, net);    // returns the size of the signal you are probing
    cur_val.format = vpiVectorVal;             // set the format you want for the returned data
    vpi_get_value(net, &cur_val);              // probe the signal and return the value into cur_val structure

    // The value of the probed net is available in:

    cur_val.value.vector[0].aval   // bits [31:0] of the probed signal
    cur_val.value.vector[0].bval
    cur_val.value.vector[1].aval   // bits [63:32] of the probed signal
    cur_val.value.vector[1].bval
    ... and so on, depending on the vector_size of the net you probed
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