Patent ID: 9058465
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: G05B,G06F,G06N,H03K

Abstract:
1. A method of performing a count operation at a counter, comprising: analyzing a data stream in a state machine lattice to detect a condition; counting at the counter each time the condition is detected; outputting from the counter responsive to the counter counting that the condition was detected a certain number of times; loading an initial value to the counter responsive to the counter counting that the condition was detected a certain number of times, a roll input of the counter being asserted, and a hold input of the counter not being asserted; and holding the output of the counter responsive to the hold input of the counter being asserted and until a reset of the counter, wherein the roll input of the counter, the hold input of the counter, or neither the roll input or the hold input of the counter is asserted based on a quantifier of the count operation.