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You are to design, implement and test on the Xilinx FPGA a Reaction Timer, as shown in Figure 51.


  
Figure 51: Reaction Timer
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The function of the timer is to measure human reflexes by determining how quickly a person can respond to the GO! led going on and press the STOP button. To initiate the reaction test, the subject presses the READY/RESET pushbutton, and after a random time the device illuminates the GO! led. After the subject presses the STOP button, the reaction time is displayed (in 0.XY seconds). If the STOP button is depressed before the GO! led is illuminated, the CHEAT led illuminates and the test is cancelled. The unit is reset by pressing the READY/RESET pushbutton, and the unit blanks the display and leds.


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