[Cryptech Core] nit: reset low or high

Peter Stuge peter at stuge.se
Tue Mar 10 16:38:31 UTC 2015


Paul Selkirk wrote:
> Is there a technical reason to prefer active-low, or should I change
> all derived/propagated resets to be active-high for consistency?

Reset signals outside of components are usually active-low.

That's very convenient because it's a wired-or[1] connection; every
resettable entity, and any number of other entities, can all drive reset.


//Peter

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_logic_connection#The_wired_OR_connection



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