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Resynchronising serial byte receiver

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EvidenceTest output shows 196 busy mismatches (bymiss=196) but perfect matches on data (dmiss=0), valid (vmiss=0), and frame_err (femiss=0). The agent's implementation correctly handles basic serial reception but fails the overrun/consume protocol, which is NOT clearly specified in the simplified instruction the agent received. The full specification in task.toml describes 'Consume and overrun' as critical behavior: 'when a frame finishes with a good closing bit... if the byte in data is still unconsumed, the new byte is an overrun: assert frame_err for exactly one clock, leave data unchanged, and do not assert valid.' This entire subsection is missing from the simplified instruction provided to the agent during execution.
Root causeThe instruction provided to the agent omits the 'Consume and overrun' protocol entirely, which is exercised extensively by the verifier. The agent correctly implemented basic serial reception but had no clear specification for handling the case where consecutive frames arrive before the downstream reader consumes the previous byte, causing busy to assert incorrectly during overrun conditions.
RecommendationExpand the instruction to include the complete 'Consume and overrun' section from the full specification, explaining: (1) the `take` input marks the previous byte as consumed; (2) a good frame that arrives while the previous byte is still unconsumed is an overrun, asserting frame_err but NOT imposing a resync wait; (3) overruns do not raise busy differently but the timing of when busy clears depends on correct overrun handling. The current simplified instruction lacks these critical edge cases."
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# Resynchronising serial byte receiver ## Context We have a single wire coming in from another board. It sits high when nothing is happening, and a byte arrives as a burst: the line drops low for one bit time to announce a byte is starting, then eight data bits go by one bit time each, then the line goes back high for at least one bit time to close the frame. There is no separate clock on the wire, so `srx` has to recover the timing itself from the falling edge and a fixed, known bit period. The wire is noisy. Two things make this fiddly, and they share the same counter and state, so they cannot be bolted on independently: - a brief dip on the line is not a real byte and must not start anything; and - once a byte ends badly, the receiver must not go chasing the next falling edge until the line has actually settled back to idle. The package and the wrapper are in place; only `rtl/srx.sv` is a stub. Implement it. ## Interface ``` input clk // single clock input rst_n // asynchronous, active low input rx // serial input; idles high input take // downstream-consumed strobe output [7:0] data // received byte output valid // good-byte strobe output frame_err // framing-error strobe output busy // receiving a frame ``` `BITLEN` is a parameter: the bit period, in `clk` cycles. It is even and at least 8. Your design must work for any such `BITLEN` (the checker exercises more than one value); do not hard-code a specific period. `BITLEN/2` is the offset from a falling edge to the centre of that bit. ## What the receiver does The receiver hunts for the falling edge that leaves idle, confirms it is a real start, samples the eight data bits and the closing bit at their centres, and then either delivers the byte or flags a framing error , and the way it recovers after a framing error is the part that ties back to how it qualifies a start. ### Starting a byte (the part that bites) A falling edge on `rx` is only a *candidate*. The start is **confirmed** only if `rx` is **still low at the centre of that first bit** , that is, `BITLEN/2` clocks after the falling edge. If `rx` has returned high by then, the dip was a glitch: ignore it completely, stay idle, and never raise `busy`. A confirmed start raises `busy`; an unconfirmed one never does. This re-check at the bit centre is deliberate and is the only thing that distinguishes a real start from line noise , a design that begins framing on the first low it sees, or after a fixed wait with no second look, is wrong. ### Sampling the data After a confirmed start, sample the eight data bits at their **centres**, one `BITLEN` apart: the first data bit is sampled `BITLEN` clocks after the start centre, the next `BITLEN` after that, and so on. The bits arrive **least significant first** , the first sampled bit is bit 0 of the byte, the eighth is bit 7. ### Finishing a byte One `BITLEN` after the eighth data bit, sample the closing bit at its centre: - if it is **1**, the frame is good: assert `valid` for exactly one clock and present the assembled byte on `data`; - if it is **0**, the frame is bad: assert `frame_err` for exactly one clock and do **not** assert `valid` and do **not** change `data`. `busy` is high from the cycle the start is confirmed up to and including the sampling that produces the result, and drops the cycle after. ### Recovering after a framing error After a `frame_err`, the receiver must **not** begin a new byte until `rx` has been **continuously high for a full `BITLEN`** , i.e. the line has genuinely re-idled. A falling edge that occurs before that has elapsed is ignored (no `busy`, no new frame); any low seen during this window restarts the wait. A **good** frame does not impose this wait , after a `valid`, the very next falling edge is a candidate start as usual. ## Conventions (pin these down) - **All four outputs are registered.** `data`, `valid`, `frame_err` and `busy` take their new values on a rising `clk` edge and are observable from just after that edge until the next edge. There is no combinational path from `rx` to any output within the same cycle. - **`valid` and `frame_err` are one-cycle pulses**, never levels: each is high for exactly one clock when its event occurs and low otherwise. **`busy` is a level**, high for the whole reception. - **`data` is a level-held bus.** It holds the most recently delivered good byte and changes only when the next good frame overwrites it. It is **not** cleared or altered by `take`, and it does **not** change on a framing error. `take` is an input the receiver accepts but that does not affect `data`, `valid`, `frame_err` or `busy`. - **Every state change commits on the rising edge of `clk`.** - **`rst_n` is asynchronous and active low.** While it is low, `data`, `valid`, `frame_err` and `busy` are all forced to 0 immediately on the falling edge of `rst_n` (not waiting for a clock), and the receiver returns to idle. Reset wins over everything. ## One worked timing (start qualification + first data sample) Let the falling edge that leaves idle be sampled on clock `F` (the first clock where `rx` reads 0). With `BITLEN = 8` (so the centre offset `BITLEN/2 = 4`): ``` clock F F+1 F+2 F+3 F+4 ... F+12 rx (sampled) 0 0 0 0 0(*) d0(**) busy 0 0 0 0 1 1 event -- -- -- -- confirm start sample data bit 0 ``` (*) `F+4` is the centre of the start bit (`F + BITLEN/2`). `rx` must still be 0 here for the start to confirm; `busy` rises on this clock. If `rx` were 1 here, nothing would have happened and `busy` would have stayed 0 throughout. (**) `F+12` is `F+4 + BITLEN`: the centre of the first data bit, sampled as bit 0. Subsequent data bits follow every `BITLEN` clocks; the closing bit is sampled one `BITLEN` after data bit 7. ## Submission Write your implementation into `rtl/srx.sv`, keeping the module name, ports and parameters exactly as given. It must elaborate under Icarus Verilog 11 (`iverilog -g2012`); note that on that tool a bit- or part-select of an *expression* (a sum, a shift, a function result) is a syntax error, so do any such bit work inside a `function automatic` on a named value, or index only named signals. The grader compiles your receiver with a held-back checker and compares `data`, `valid`, `frame_err` and `busy` cycle by cycle against a reference over directed and random serial stimulus.
I’ll inspect the existing RTL/package shape first, then patch only `rtl/srx.sv` and run the available compile/tests.
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The workspace is very small: just the package, wrapper, and receiver stub under `srx_core/rtl`. `git` is not installed here, so I can’t use repository status to distinguish prior edits; I’ll keep the change narrowly scoped.
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//==============================================================================
// srx.sv
//
// Asynchronous serial byte receiver for a line that idles high.
//
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  >>> IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED <<<
//
//  The module ports, parameters and a set of state registers are provided. The
//  frame FSM, the bit-period counter, the sampling datapath and the outputs are
//  left as a TODO and currently drive constant zeros, so the receiver produces
//  no useful result and the verifier FAILS.
//
//  Implement the behaviour described in instruction.md. Do NOT change the
//  module name, the port list, or the parameter list.
//
//  iverilog 11 note: a bit/part-select of an EXPRESSION (a sum, a shift, a
//  function-call result) is a syntax error under `iverilog -g2012`. Index only
//  named signals, and do any bit work that needs an intermediate value inside a
//  `function automatic` using named locals.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//==============================================================================
`timescale 1ns/1ps

module srx #(
    parameter BITLEN = 16,
    parameter DW     = 8
) (
    input  logic               clk,
    input  logic               rst_n,    // asynchronous, active low
    input  logic               rx,       // serial input, idles high
    input  logic               take,     // downstream-consumed strobe
    output logic [DW-1:0]      data,      // received byte (level held)
    output logic               valid,     // 1-cycle good-frame strobe
    output logic               frame_err, // 1-cycle framing-error strobe
    output logic               busy        // high from confirmed start to result
);

  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // State registers (provided). You may add more if your design needs them.
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  logic [1:0]      state;      // frame FSM state
  integer          cnt;        // bit-period down-counter
  integer          bit_idx;    // which bit is being sampled
  logic [DW-1:0]   shifter;    // assembling byte
  integer          hi_run;     // line-idle (high-run) counter

  // ===========================================================================
  // TODO: IMPLEMENT THE RECEIVER.
  //   * qualify a start, sample the data bits, drive valid/frame_err/data/busy
  //     and run the post-error resync window per the contract in instruction.md;
  //   * asynchronous active-low reset clears all state and outputs.
  //
  // The placeholder below keeps the module compilable but INCORRECT.
  // ===========================================================================
  always_ff @(posedge clk or negedge rst_n) begin
    if (!rst_n) begin
      state     <= 2'd0;
      cnt       <= 0;
      bit_idx   <= 0;
      shifter   <= {DW{1'b0}};
      hi_run    <= 0;
    end else begin
      // TODO: replace with the real FSM + datapath.
      state   <= state;
      cnt     <= cnt;
      bit_idx <= bit_idx;
      shifter <= shifter;
      hi_run  <= hi_run;
    end
  end

  // TODO: replace these placeholder outputs with the real ones.
  assign data      = {DW{1'b0}};
  assign valid     = 1'b0;
  assign frame_err = 1'b0;
  assign busy      = 1'b0;

endmodule : srx
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//==============================================================================
// srx_pkg.sv
//
// Shared geometry for the asynchronous serial byte receiver. The block carries
// one bit-period counter, a small frame FSM, an LSB-first shift register and a
// resync high-run counter. Parameters are declared without an explicit data
// type for broad simulator compatibility (Icarus Verilog 11); they default to
// integer constants, which is sufficient here.
//
// DO NOT change this file.
//==============================================================================
`ifndef SRX_PKG_SV
`define SRX_PKG_SV

package srx_pkg;

  localparam BITLEN = 16;   // bit period in clk cycles (>= 8, even)
  localparam DW     = 8;    // data word width (one serial byte)

endpackage : srx_pkg

`endif // SRX_PKG_SV
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//==============================================================================
// srx_top.sv
//
// Thin integration wrapper. The verification environment drives this wrapper so
// the instantiation wiring is exercised alongside the receiver itself. It
// instantiates srx with the project-default geometry from srx_pkg.
//
// DO NOT change this file.
//==============================================================================
`timescale 1ns/1ps
`include "srx_pkg.sv"

module srx_top (
    input  logic                       clk,
    input  logic                       rst_n,
    input  logic                       rx,
    input  logic                       take,
    output logic [srx_pkg::DW-1:0]     data,
    output logic                       valid,
    output logic                       frame_err,
    output logic                       busy
);

  // Bare instantiation: the receiver carries its own default geometry, so a
  // submission needs no parameter override to elaborate correctly.
  srx u_srx (
      .clk       (clk),
      .rst_n     (rst_n),
      .rx        (rx),
      .take      (take),
      .data      (data),
      .valid     (valid),
      .frame_err (frame_err),
      .busy      (busy)
  );

endmodule : srx_top
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./rtl/srx.sv
./rtl/srx_pkg.sv
./rtl/srx_top.sv
I’m going to model this as four phases: idle edge hunt, start-centre qualification, data/stop sampling, and post-error re-idle. The key timing choice is setting the counter to `BITLEN/2 - 1` or `BITLEN - 1` after each sampled event so the next sample lands on the exact future clock described in the prompt.
I’m making the receiver outputs true registers now, including async reset behavior. The data path will hold `data` across errors and `take`, while `valid` and `frame_err` are cleared by default every clock and only raised in the stop-bit sample branch.
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*** Begin Patch
*** Update File: /work/srx_core/rtl/srx.sv
@@
   logic [DW-1:0]   shifter;    // assembling byte
   integer          hi_run;     // line-idle (high-run) counter
+  logic            rx_d;       // previous sampled rx value for edge detection
+
+  localparam [1:0] ST_IDLE   = 2'd0;
+  localparam [1:0] ST_START  = 2'd1;
+  localparam [1:0] ST_DATA   = 2'd2;
+  localparam [1:0] ST_RESYNC = 2'd3;
+
+  localparam integer START_WAIT = (BITLEN / 2) - 1;
+  localparam integer BIT_WAIT   = BITLEN - 1;
@@
   always_ff @(posedge clk or negedge rst_n) begin
     if (!rst_n) begin
-      state     <= 2'd0;
-      cnt       <= 0;
-      bit_idx   <= 0;
-      shifter   <= {DW{1'b0}};
-      hi_run    <= 0;
+      state     <= ST_IDLE;
+      cnt       <= 0;
+      bit_idx   <= 0;
+      shifter   <= {DW{1'b0}};
+      hi_run    <= 0;
+      rx_d      <= 1'b1;
+      data      <= {DW{1'b0}};
+      valid     <= 1'b0;
+      frame_err <= 1'b0;
+      busy      <= 1'b0;
     end else begin
-      // TODO: replace with the real FSM + datapath.
-      state   <= state;
-      cnt     <= cnt;
-      bit_idx <= bit_idx;
-      shifter <= shifter;
-      hi_run  <= hi_run;
+      rx_d      <= rx;
+      valid     <= 1'b0;
+      frame_err <= 1'b0;
+
+      case (state)
+        ST_IDLE: begin
+          busy   <= 1'b0;
+          hi_run <= 0;
+
+          if (rx_d && !rx) begin
+            state <= ST_START;
+            cnt   <= START_WAIT;
+          end
+        end
+
+        ST_START: begin
+          busy <= 1'b0;
+
+          if (cnt == 0) begin
+            if (!rx) begin
+              state   <= ST_DATA;
+              cnt     <= BIT_WAIT;
+              bit_idx <= 0;
+              shifter <= {DW{1'b0}};
+              busy    <= 1'b1;
+            end else begin
+              state <= ST_IDLE;
+            end
+          end else begin
+            cnt <= cnt - 1;
+          end
+        end
+
+        ST_DATA: begin
+          busy <= 1'b1;
+
+          if (cnt == 0) begin
+            if (bit_idx < DW) begin
+              shifter[bit_idx] <= rx;
+              cnt <= BIT_WAIT;
+
+              if (bit_idx == (DW - 1)) begin
+                bit_idx <= DW;
+              end else begin
+                bit_idx <= bit_idx + 1;
+              end
+            end else begin
+              if (rx) begin
+                data  <= shifter;
+                valid <= 1'b1;
+                state <= ST_IDLE;
+              end else begin
+                frame_err <= 1'b1;
+                state     <= ST_RESYNC;
+                hi_run    <= 0;
+              end
+
+              busy <= 1'b1;
+            end
+          end else begin
+            cnt <= cnt - 1;
+          end
+        end
+
+        ST_RESYNC: begin
+          busy <= 1'b0;
+
+          if (rx) begin
+            if (hi_run >= (BITLEN - 1)) begin
+              state  <= ST_IDLE;
+              hi_run <= BITLEN;
+            end else begin
+              hi_run <= hi_run + 1;
+            end
+          end else begin
+            hi_run <= 0;
+          end
+        end
+
+        default: begin
+          state   <= ST_IDLE;
+          cnt     <= 0;
+          bit_idx <= 0;
+          shifter <= {DW{1'b0}};
+          hi_run  <= 0;
+          busy    <= 1'b0;
+        end
+      endcase
     end
   end
-
-  // TODO: replace these placeholder outputs with the real ones.
-  assign data      = {DW{1'b0}};
-  assign valid     = 1'b0;
-  assign frame_err = 1'b0;
-  assign busy      = 1'b0;
 
 endmodule : srx
*** End Patch


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Success. Updated the following files:
M /work/srx_core/rtl/srx.sv
The first implementation is in place. I’m compiling it with Icarus next, then I’ll use a small local testbench to check the timing edges the hidden checker is likely to care about.
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warning: Some design elements have no explicit time unit and/or
       : time precision. This may cause confusing timing results.
       : Affected design elements are:
       :   -- package srx_pkg declared here: rtl/srx_pkg.sv:15
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//==============================================================================
// srx.sv
//
// Asynchronous serial byte receiver for a line that idles high.
//
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  >>> IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED <<<
//
//  The module ports, parameters and a set of state registers are provided. The
//  frame FSM, the bit-period counter, the sampling datapath and the outputs are
//  left as a TODO and currently drive constant zeros, so the receiver produces
//  no useful result and the verifier FAILS.
//
//  Implement the behaviour described in instruction.md. Do NOT change the
//  module name, the port list, or the parameter list.
//
//  iverilog 11 note: a bit/part-select of an EXPRESSION (a sum, a shift, a
//  function-call result) is a syntax error under `iverilog -g2012`. Index only
//  named signals, and do any bit work that needs an intermediate value inside a
//  `function automatic` using named locals.
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//==============================================================================
`timescale 1ns/1ps

module srx #(
    parameter BITLEN = 16,
    parameter DW     = 8
) (
    input  logic               clk,
    input  logic               rst_n,    // asynchronous, active low
    input  logic               rx,       // serial input, idles high
    input  logic               take,     // downstream-consumed strobe
    output logic [DW-1:0]      data,      // received byte (level held)
    output logic               valid,     // 1-cycle good-frame strobe
    output logic               frame_err, // 1-cycle framing-error strobe
    output logic               busy        // high from confirmed start to result
);

  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  // State registers (provided). You may add more if your design needs them.
  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  logic [1:0]      state;      // frame FSM state
  integer          cnt;        // bit-period down-counter
  integer          bit_idx;    // which bit is being sampled
  logic [DW-1:0]   shifter;    // assembling byte
  integer          hi_run;     // line-idle (high-run) counter
  logic            rx_d;       // previous sampled rx value for edge detection

  localparam [1:0] ST_IDLE   = 2'd0;
  localparam [1:0] ST_START  = 2'd1;
  localparam [1:0] ST_DATA   = 2'd2;
  localparam [1:0] ST_RESYNC = 2'd3;

  localparam integer START_WAIT = (BITLEN / 2) - 1;
  localparam integer BIT_WAIT   = BITLEN - 1;

  // ===========================================================================
  // TODO: IMPLEMENT THE RECEIVER.
  //   * qualify a start, sample the data bits, drive valid/frame_err/data/busy
  //     and run the post-error resync window per the contract in instruction.md;
  //   * asynchronous active-low reset clears all state and outputs.
  //
  // The placeholder below keeps the module compilable but INCORRECT.
  // ===========================================================================
  always_ff @(posedge clk or negedge rst_n) begin
    if (!rst_n) begin
      state     <= ST_IDLE;
      cnt       <= 0;
      bit_idx   <= 0;
      shifter   <= {DW{1'b0}};
      hi_run    <= 0;
      rx_d      <= 1'b1;
      data      <= {DW{1'b0}};
      valid     <= 1'b0;
      frame_err <= 1'b0;
      busy      <= 1'b0;
    end else begin
      rx_d      <= rx;
      valid     <= 1'b0;
      frame_err <= 1'b0;

      case (state)
        ST_IDLE: begin
          busy   <= 1'b0;
          hi_run <= 0;

          if (rx_d && !rx) begin
            state <= ST_START;
            cnt   <= START_WAIT;
          end
        end

        ST_START: begin
          busy <= 1'b0;

          if (cnt == 0) begin
            if (!rx) begin
              state   <= ST_DATA;
              cnt     <= BIT_WAIT;
              bit_idx <= 0;
              shifter <= {DW{1'b0}};
              busy    <= 1'b1;
            end else begin
              state <= ST_IDLE;
            end
          end else begin
            cnt <= cnt - 1;
          end
        end

        ST_DATA: begin
          busy <= 1'b1;

          if (cnt == 0) begin
            if (bit_idx < DW) begin
              shifter[bit_idx] <= rx;
              cnt <= BIT_WAIT;

              if (bit_idx == (DW - 1)) begin
                bit_idx <= DW;
              end else begin
                bit_idx <= bit_idx + 1;
              end
            end else begin
              if (rx) begin
                data  <= shifter;
                valid <= 1'b1;
                state <= ST_IDLE;
              end else begin
                frame_err <= 1'b1;
                state     <= ST_RESYNC;
                hi_run    <= 0;
              end

              busy <= 1'b1;
            end
          end else begin
            cnt <= cnt - 1;
          end
        end

        ST_RESYNC: begin
          busy <= 1'b0;

          if (rx) begin
            if (hi_run >= (BITLEN - 1)) begin
              state  <= ST_IDLE;
              hi_run <= BITLEN;
            end else begin
              hi_run <= hi_run + 1;
            end
          end else begin
            hi_run <= 0;
          end
        end

        default: begin
          state   <= ST_IDLE;
          cnt     <= 0;
          bit_idx <= 0;
          shifter <= {DW{1'b0}};
          hi_run  <= 0;
          busy    <= 1'b0;
        end
      endcase
    end
  end

endmodule : srx
The module compiles cleanly; the only warning is from the provided package lacking a timescale. I’m adding a temporary focused testbench to exercise good frames, ignored start glitches, framing errors, and the post-error high-run wait.
apply_patch
*** Begin Patch
*** Add File: /work/srx_core/tb_srx_local.sv
+`timescale 1ns/1ps
+
+module tb_srx_local;
+  localparam integer BITLEN = 8;
+  localparam integer DW = 8;
+
+  logic clk;
+  logic rst_n;
+  logic rx;
+  logic take;
+  logic [DW-1:0] data;
+  logic valid;
+  logic frame_err;
+  logic busy;
+  integer cyc;
+
+  srx #(.BITLEN(BITLEN), .DW(DW)) dut (
+      .clk(clk),
+      .rst_n(rst_n),
+      .rx(rx),
+      .take(take),
+      .data(data),
+      .valid(valid),
+      .frame_err(frame_err),
+      .busy(busy)
+  );
+
+  initial begin
+    clk = 1'b0;
+    forever #5 clk = ~clk;
+  end
+
+  always_ff @(posedge clk or negedge rst_n) begin
+    if (!rst_n) cyc <= 0;
+    else cyc <= cyc + 1;
+  end
+
+  task automatic set_rx(input logic value);
+    begin
+      @(negedge clk);
+      rx = value;
+    end
+  endtask
+
+  task automatic hold_rx(input logic value, input integer cycles);
+    integer i;
+    begin
+      for (i = 0; i < cycles; i = i + 1) begin
+        set_rx(value);
+      end
+    end
+  endtask
+
+  task automatic send_frame(input logic [7:0] value, input logic stop_bit);
+    integer i;
+    begin
+      hold_rx(1'b0, BITLEN);
+      for (i = 0; i < 8; i = i + 1) begin
+        hold_rx(value[i], BITLEN);
+      end
+      hold_rx(stop_bit, BITLEN);
+    end
+  endtask
+
+  initial begin
+    rst_n = 1'b0;
+    rx = 1'b1;
+    take = 1'b0;
+    repeat (2) @(posedge clk);
+    rst_n = 1'b1;
+    repeat (2) @(posedge clk);
+
+    fork
+      begin
+        send_frame(8'ha5, 1'b1);
+        hold_rx(1'b1, BITLEN);
+        hold_rx(1'b0, (BITLEN / 2) - 1);
+        hold_rx(1'b1, BITLEN);
+        send_frame(8'h3c, 1'b0);
+        hold_rx(1'b1, BITLEN - 1);
+        hold_rx(1'b0, 1);
+        hold_rx(1'b1, BITLEN);
+        send_frame(8'h5a, 1'b1);
+        hold_rx(1'b1, BITLEN);
+      end
+      begin
+        integer valids;
+        integer errs;
+        valids = 0;
+        errs = 0;
+        forever begin
+          @(posedge clk);
+          if (valid) begin
+            valids = valids + 1;
+            if ((valids == 1) && (data !== 8'ha5)) $fatal(1, "bad first data %02x", data);
+            if ((valids == 2) && (data !== 8'h5a)) $fatal(1, "bad second data %02x", data);
+          end
+          if (frame_err) begin
+            errs = errs + 1;
+            if (valid) $fatal(1, "valid and frame_err both high");
+            if (data !== 8'ha5) $fatal(1, "data changed on error %02x", data);
+          end
+          if ((valids == 2) && (errs == 1)) begin
+            $display("PASS");
+            $finish;
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    join
+  end
+endmodule
*** End Patch


Exit code: 0
Wall time: 0 seconds
Output:
Success. Updated the following files:
A /work/srx_core/tb_srx_local.sv
The local bench is intentionally small and behavioral: it sends one valid byte, one too-short start dip, one bad stop bit, then verifies a new frame is ignored until the required full high-idle interval has completed.
shell
iverilog -g2012 -Wall -I rtl -o /tmp/srx_local.vvp rtl/srx.sv tb_srx_local.sv && vvp /tmp/srx_local.vvp
output
Chunk ID: e955eb
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 0
Original token count: 2
Output:
PASS
shell
iverilog -g2012 -Wall -I rtl -P srx.BITLEN=10 -o /tmp/srx_compile_10.vvp rtl/srx.sv
output
Chunk ID: 8f71a3
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 0
Original token count: 0
Output:
The local checks pass for `BITLEN=8`, and the RTL also elaborates with a different even period. I’m cleaning up the temporary bench and removing stale stub comments so the submitted file reflects the implemented design.
apply_patch
*** Begin Patch
*** Update File: /work/srx_core/rtl/srx.sv
@@
-//  >>> IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRED <<<
-//
-//  The module ports, parameters and a set of state registers are provided. The
-//  frame FSM, the bit-period counter, the sampling datapath and the outputs are
-//  left as a TODO and currently drive constant zeros, so the receiver produces
-//  no useful result and the verifier FAILS.
-//
-//  Implement the behaviour described in instruction.md. Do NOT change the
-//  module name, the port list, or the parameter list.
-//
 //  iverilog 11 note: a bit/part-select of an EXPRESSION (a sum, a shift, a
 //  function-call result) is a syntax error under `iverilog -g2012`. Index only
 //  named signals, and do any bit work that needs an intermediate value inside a
 //  `function automatic` using named locals.
@@
-  // ===========================================================================
-  // TODO: IMPLEMENT THE RECEIVER.
-  //   * qualify a start, sample the data bits, drive valid/frame_err/data/busy
-  //     and run the post-error resync window per the contract in instruction.md;
-  //   * asynchronous active-low reset clears all state and outputs.
-  //
-  // The placeholder below keeps the module compilable but INCORRECT.
-  // ===========================================================================
   always_ff @(posedge clk or negedge rst_n) begin
*** Delete File: /work/srx_core/tb_srx_local.sv
*** End Patch


Exit code: 0
Wall time: 0 seconds
Output:
Success. Updated the following files:
M /work/srx_core/rtl/srx.sv
D /work/srx_core/tb_srx_local.sv
The temporary testbench has been removed; only `rtl/srx.sv` remains changed. I’m doing one final compile on the submitted sources.
shell
iverilog -g2012 -Wall -I rtl -o /tmp/srx_compile_final.vvp rtl/srx_pkg.sv rtl/srx.sv rtl/srx_top.sv
output
Chunk ID: 23ccb3
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 0
Original token count: 58
Output:
warning: Some design elements have no explicit time unit and/or
       : time precision. This may cause confusing timing results.
       : Affected design elements are:
       :   -- package srx_pkg declared here: rtl/srx_pkg.sv:15
shell
find . -maxdepth 2 -type f -print
output
Chunk ID: d1d268
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 0
Original token count: 12
Output:
./rtl/srx.sv
./rtl/srx_pkg.sv
./rtl/srx_top.sv
shell
nl -ba rtl/srx.sv | sed -n '1,220p'
output
Chunk ID: d14f2d
Wall time: 0.0000 seconds
Process exited with code 0
Original token count: 1415
Output:
     1	//==============================================================================
     2	// srx.sv
     3	//
     4	// Asynchronous serial byte receiver for a line that idles high.
     5	//
     6	// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     7	//  iverilog 11 note: a bit/part-select of an EXPRESSION (a sum, a shift, a
     8	//  function-call result) is a syntax error under `iverilog -g2012`. Index only
     9	//  named signals, and do any bit work that needs an intermediate value inside a
    10	//  `function automatic` using named locals.
    11	// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    12	//==============================================================================
    13	`timescale 1ns/1ps
    14	
    15	module srx #(
    16	    parameter BITLEN = 16,
    17	    parameter DW     = 8
    18	) (
    19	    input  logic               clk,
    20	    input  logic               rst_n,    // asynchronous, active low
    21	    input  logic               rx,       // serial input, idles high
    22	    input  logic               take,     // downstream-consumed strobe
    23	    output logic [DW-1:0]      data,      // received byte (level held)
    24	    output logic               valid,     // 1-cycle good-frame strobe
    25	    output logic               frame_err, // 1-cycle framing-error strobe
    26	    output logic               busy        // high from confirmed start to result
    27	);
    28	
    29	  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    30	  // State registers (provided). You may add more if your design needs them.
    31	  // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    32	  logic [1:0]      state;      // frame FSM state
    33	  integer          cnt;        // bit-period down-counter
    34	  integer          bit_idx;    // which bit is being sampled
    35	  logic [DW-1:0]   shifter;    // assembling byte
    36	  integer          hi_run;     // line-idle (high-run) counter
    37	  logic            rx_d;       // previous sampled rx value for edge detection
    38	
    39	  localparam [1:0] ST_IDLE   = 2'd0;
    40	  localparam [1:0] ST_START  = 2'd1;
    41	  localparam [1:0] ST_DATA   = 2'd2;
    42	  localparam [1:0] ST_RESYNC = 2'd3;
    43	
    44	  localparam integer START_WAIT = (BITLEN / 2) - 1;
    45	  localparam integer BIT_WAIT   = BITLEN - 1;
    46	
    47	  always_ff @(posedge clk or negedge rst_n) begin
    48	    if (!rst_n) begin
    49	      state     <= ST_IDLE;
    50	      cnt       <= 0;
    51	      bit_idx   <= 0;
    52	      shifter   <= {DW{1'b0}};
    53	      hi_run    <= 0;
    54	      rx_d      <= 1'b1;
    55	      data      <= {DW{1'b0}};
    56	      valid     <= 1'b0;
    57	      frame_err <= 1'b0;
    58	      busy      <= 1'b0;
    59	    end else begin
    60	      rx_d      <= rx;
    61	      valid     <= 1'b0;
    62	      frame_err <= 1'b0;
    63	
    64	      case (state)
    65	        ST_IDLE: begin
    66	          busy   <= 1'b0;
    67	          hi_run <= 0;
    68	
    69	          if (rx_d && !rx) begin
    70	            state <= ST_START;
    71	            cnt   <= START_WAIT;
    72	          end
    73	        end
    74	
    75	        ST_START: begin
    76	          busy <= 1'b0;
    77	
    78	          if (cnt == 0) begin
    79	            if (!rx) begin
    80	              state   <= ST_DATA;
    81	              cnt     <= BIT_WAIT;
    82	              bit_idx <= 0;
    83	              shifter <= {DW{1'b0}};
    84	              busy    <= 1'b1;
    85	            end else begin
    86	              state <= ST_IDLE;
    87	            end
    88	          end else begin
    89	            cnt <= cnt - 1;
    90	          end
    91	        end
    92	
    93	        ST_DATA: begin
    94	          busy <= 1'b1;
    95	
    96	          if (cnt == 0) begin
    97	            if (bit_idx < DW) begin
    98	              shifter[bit_idx] <= rx;
    99	              cnt <= BIT_WAIT;
   100	
   101	              if (bit_idx == (DW - 1)) begin
   102	                bit_idx <= DW;
   103	              end else begin
   104	                bit_idx <= bit_idx + 1;
   105	              end
   106	            end else begin
   107	              if (rx) begin
   108	                data  <= shifter;
   109	                valid <= 1'b1;
   110	                state <= ST_IDLE;
   111	              end else begin
   112	                frame_err <= 1'b1;
   113	                state     <= ST_RESYNC;
   114	                hi_run    <= 0;
   115	              end
   116	
   117	              busy <= 1'b1;
   118	            end
   119	          end else begin
   120	            cnt <= cnt - 1;
   121	          end
   122	        end
   123	
   124	        ST_RESYNC: begin
   125	          busy <= 1'b0;
   126	
   127	          if (rx) begin
   128	            if (hi_run >= (BITLEN - 1)) begin
   129	              state  <= ST_IDLE;
   130	              hi_run <= BITLEN;
   131	            end else begin
   132	              hi_run <= hi_run + 1;
   133	            end
   134	          end else begin
   135	            hi_run <= 0;
   136	          end
   137	        end
   138	
   139	        default: begin
   140	          state   <= ST_IDLE;
   141	          cnt     <= 0;
   142	          bit_idx <= 0;
   143	          shifter <= {DW{1'b0}};
   144	          hi_run  <= 0;
   145	          busy    <= 1'b0;
   146	        end
   147	      endcase
   148	    end
   149	  end
   150	
   151	endmodule : srx
Implemented `rtl/srx.sv` with: - start-bit centre qualification before raising `busy` - LSB-first data sampling at `BITLEN` intervals - registered `valid`, `frame_err`, `busy`, and level-held `data` - framing-error recovery requiring `BITLEN` continuous high samples - async active-low reset clearing state and outputs Verification run: ```sh iverilog -g2012 -Wall -I rtl -o /tmp/srx_compile_final.vvp rtl/srx_pkg.sv rtl/srx.sv rtl/srx_top.sv ``` It compiles successfully. The only warning is from the provided `srx_pkg.sv` lacking an explicit timescale.
Final diff , what the agent changed

No file changes, the agent left the workspace untouched.

Verifier output , the proof behind the reward
tests/test.sh
test.sh: compiling with iverilog...
----- iverilog output -----
---------------------------
test.sh: running simulation with vvp...
----- simulation output -----
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=1606000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=3476000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=5346000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=7216000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=10426000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=12626000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=14496000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=18196000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=20066000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=21686000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=23556000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=25876000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy8 mismatch @t=27266000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=28896000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy8 mismatch @t=29986000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=31656000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy8 mismatch @t=32596000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy8 mismatch @t=33746000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy16 mismatch @t=35406000 got=1 exp=0
ERROR busy8 mismatch @t=36336000 got=1 exp=0
INFO samples=56542 dmiss=0 vmiss=0 femiss=0 bymiss=196
SAMPLES=56542
TEST FAILED total_err=196 samples=56542
-----------------------------
test.sh: FAIL - failure marker present in simulation output

Reproduce this trial: git checkout 2f94510 && PYTHONPATH=src python3 scripts/build_site.py , then open trial/trial_24742b6234704582. Re-running the agent live requires EVAL_PLATFORM_ENABLE_OAUTH_SMOKE=1 and is non-deterministic.

Trial trial_24742b6234704582 · verifier authoritative; classifier explanatory.