verilog/rtl/bitbang.v

module bitbang (s_clk, s_data, strobe, data, active, clk);
	localparam on_pattern = 16'hFAB1; 
	localparam off_pattern = 16'hFAB0; 
	input s_clk;
	input s_data;
	output reg strobe;
	output reg [31:0] data;
	output reg active = 1'b0;
	input clk; 

	reg [3:0] s_data_sample;
	reg [3:0] s_clk_sample;

	reg [31:0] serial_data;
	reg [15:0] serial_control;

	reg local_strobe;
	reg old_local_strobe;

	always @ (posedge clk)
	begin : p_input_sync
		s_data_sample <= {s_data_sample[3-1:0],s_data};
		s_clk_sample  <= {s_clk_sample[3-1:0],s_clk};
	end

	always @ (posedge clk)
	begin : p_in_shift
		// on s_clk_sample rising edge, we sample in a serial_data bit
		if ((s_clk_sample[3] == 1'b0) && (s_clk_sample[3-1] == 1'b1)) begin
			serial_data <= {serial_data[31-1:0],s_data_sample[3]};
		end
		// on s_clk_sample faling edge, we sample in a serial_data bit
		if ((s_clk_sample[3] == 1'b1) && (s_clk_sample[3-1] == 1'b0)) begin
			serial_control <= {serial_control[15-1:0],s_data_sample[3]}; // its data again, but its sampled on the other edge
		end
	end

// we could replicate the following 
	always @ (posedge clk)
	begin : p_parallel_load
		local_strobe <= 1'b0; // will be overwritten if next conditional is true
		if (serial_control == on_pattern) begin// x"FAB1" then      
			data <= serial_data;
			local_strobe <= 1'b1;
		end //else begin
		//	data <= data;
		//	local_strobe <= 1'b0;
		// end
		old_local_strobe <= local_strobe;
		strobe <= local_strobe & ~old_local_strobe; // activates strobe for one clock cycle after "FAB0" was detected
	end

// we could replicate the following 
	always @ (posedge clk)
	begin : active_FSM
		if (serial_control == on_pattern) begin// x"FAB1" then      
			active <= 1'b1;
		end
		if (serial_control == off_pattern) begin// x"FAB0" then      
			active <= 1'b0;
		end
	end

// the following is just copy and past, in case we want use the bitbang interface to shift in other data (let's say to drive CPU port)
// we can also read back the data by loading the parallel shift and shifting the content to an output pin
//p_parallel_load2: process(clk)
//begin
//    if clk'event and clk=1'b1 then
//        local_strobe <= 1'b0;       // will be overwritten if next conditional is true
//        if serial_control = x"FAB1" then      
//            data2 <= serial_data;  
//            local_strobe2 <= 1'b1;
//            old_local_strobe2 <= local_strobe;
//        end if;
//      strobe2 <= local_strobe2 and (not old_local_strobe2)   // activates strobe for one clock cycle after "FAB0" was detected
//    end if;
//end process;

endmodule