MATCH8(9)

💖 MATCH8 💖

okay bestie, so like — match8 is an 8-bit binary match detector 🙈✨ it lives in the HAL component world and it's literally just sitting there comparing bits for you. iconic behavior honestly.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

loadrt match8 [count=N|names=name1[,name2...]]

load it up with loadrt, tell it how many copies you want (count=N) or what to name them (names=name1[,name2...]), and you're off 🚀

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🌸 FUNCTIONS 🌸

• match8.N — the function, babes. every instance gets its own numbered one 🎀

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🦋 PINS 🦋

• match8.N.in bit in (default: TRUE) — this is the cascade input, bestie 💅 if this one's false, then out is gonna be false no matter what the other inputs are doing. it's giving main character energy — nothing happens without it.
• match8.N.a0 bit in
• match8.N.a1 bit in
• match8.N.a2 bit in
• match8.N.a3 bit in
• match8.N.a4 bit in
• match8.N.a5 bit in
• match8.N.a6 bit in
• match8.N.a7 bit in
• match8.N.b0 bit in
• match8.N.b1 bit in
• match8.N.b2 bit in
• match8.N.b3 bit in
• match8.N.b4 bit in
• match8.N.b5 bit in
• match8.N.b6 bit in
• match8.N.b7 bit in
• match8.N.out bit out — this one's true only if in is true AND a[m] matches b[m] for m = 0 thru 7 🔥 like, all eight of them. no skipping. no partial credit. periodt 💅

lowkey the whole thing is an 8-bit comparison gate with a cascade enable, and it ate, fr fr 🍓

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

John Kasunich 🌟

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💜 LICENSE 💜

GPL — as in the license, bestie, not the vibe. though honestly, both 🫶

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mwah 💖 that was the HAL Component page, dated 2026-03-17, straight out of the LinuxCNC Documentation era. slay, go wire up some bits, ily, bye ✨🦋