FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in          Games  Calendar Log in to check your private messages    Sudoku in vhdl          Sudoku Programmers Forum Index -> Solving sudoku View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message pirussas Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 11 : Items Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:43 pm    Post subject: Sudoku in vhdl I want to learn vhdl language and then develop an application that allows to solve Sudoku. I am thinking of doing a first Visual Basic program that solves sudoku and then move the program to vhdl. Is it appropriate? Has anyone programmed sudoku in vhdl? What advice can you give me? Back to top Lunatic Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 166 : Location: Ghent - Belgium Items Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:21 am    Post subject: Hello and welcome, I don't know about vhdl, but my own solver is written in VisualBasic, so maybe i can help you with that. I also studied electronics years ago and logical circuits, so this could be handy... _________________ Marc ~~~<><~~~<><~~~<><~~~<><~~~ Back to top pirussas Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 11 : Items Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:00 pm    Post subject: My program in visual basic now funcionate for 9x9 but now I want to nxn. If possible at least up to 225x225. I'm with many difficulties. My program reads 81 numbers for 9x9. For 16x16 don't funcionate.What tips you can give me? Back to top m_b_metcalf Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 210 : Location: Berlin Items Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:16 am    Post subject: pirussas wrote: My program in visual basic now funcionate for 9x9 but now I want to nxn. If possible at least up to 225x225. I'm with many difficulties. My program reads 81 numbers for 9x9. For 16x16 don't funcionate.What tips you can give me? Well, if you want your program to work for nxn (I think you mean n^2 x n^2), the obvious first step is to get it to work for n with n set to 3 and then just set n to 4. Note, however, that the complexity of the problem grows much faster than n^4. Your target of n=15 is very ambitious. Where are you planning to find such puzzles? You don't actually specify in which way your program doesn't work, nor what method(s) your solver uses. That would be a help. Regards, Mike Metcalf Back to top pirussas Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 11 : Items Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 9:20 pm    Post subject: m_b_metcalf wrote: pirussas wrote: My program in visual basic now funcionate for 9x9 but now I want to nxn. If possible at least up to 225x225. I'm with many difficulties. My program reads 81 numbers for 9x9. For 16x16 don't funcionate.What tips you can give me? Well, if you want your program to work for nxn (I think you mean n^2 x n^2), the obvious first step is to get it to work for n with n set to 3 and then just set n to 4. Note, however, that the complexity of the problem grows much faster than n^4. Your target of n=15 is very ambitious. Where are you planning to find such puzzles? You don't actually specify in which way your program doesn't work, nor what method(s) your solver uses. That would be a help. Regards, Mike Metcalf I planning use puzzles in site of 2009 International Conference on Field- Programmable Technology. Now my program load and open this text files until n=9, for n=10 show error in: "Me.Controls.Add(lbl)" appears "Error creating window handle". I use this methods: CRME, lone rangers, twins, triplets, brute force. Back to top lkSudoku Joined: 16 May 2009 Posts: 60 : Items Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 6:10 pm    Post subject: My tip is that you should probably run a debugger, and check the state of your program, to find when it becomes invalid Another tip is to try and find where your program is assuming 9x9 board with hard coded numbers, and replace these numbers with a generic variable Back to top m_b_metcalf Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 210 : Location: Berlin Items Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:02 am    Post subject: pirussas wrote: I planning use puzzles in site of 2009 International Conference on Field- Programmable Technology. Interesting. Unless I'm mistaken, my own program finds, in 55 seconds, that the first of the two N=15 samples has multiple solutions. Do I win multiple prizes? Regards, Mike Metcalf Back to top gsf Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 408 : Location: NJ USA Items Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:13 pm    Post subject: m_b_metcalf wrote: pirussas wrote: I planning use puzzles in site of 2009 International Conference on Field- Programmable Technology. Interesting. Unless I'm mistaken, my own program finds, in 55 seconds, that the first of the two N=15 samples has multiple solutions. Do I win multiple prizes? Regards, Mike Metcalf I concur on multiple solutions for 15a Mike, did you try 07b -- it leaves pseudocoup-7x7 spinning deep in the tree search Back to top m_b_metcalf Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 210 : Location: Berlin Items Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:43 pm    Post subject: gsf wrote: Mike, did you try 07b -- it leaves pseudocoup-7x7 spinning deep in the tree search Glen, I'm a bit strapped for time this week, but I tried 7a, which has multiple solutions, and 7b sends my program into a tizzy. It's possibly ill-formed (0 solutions) but I don't have time to investigate today. Regard, Mike Back to top gsf Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 408 : Location: NJ USA Items Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:44 pm    Post subject: pirussas wrote: I planning use puzzles in site of 2009 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology. here are my results for the benchmark puzzles via pseudocoup (N=B*B determined at compile-time) on a 2GHz pentium its possible that the invalid/indeterminate puzzles are intentional but it would be interesting to find out Code: PUZ SECONDS  STATUS --- -------- ------ 03a 0.000000 valid 03b 0.000000 valid 04a 0.000000 valid 04b 0.004000 valid 05a 0.000000 valid 05b 0.036002 multiple-solutions 06a 0.004000 valid 06b 531.6812 multiple-solutions 07a 0.008000 multiple-solutions 07b 7200.000 indeterminate 08a 0.020001 multiple-solutions 08b 36.00224 no-solution 09a 0.052003 multiple-solutions 09b 136.0525 no-solution 10a 0.164010 multiple-solutions 10b 7200.000 indeterminate 11a 0.284018 valid 11b 7200.000 indeterminate 12a 1.000063 multiple-solutions 12b 7200.000 indeterminate 13a 1.044065 multiple-solutions 13b 7200.000 indeterminate 14a 2.500156 multiple-solutions 14b 7200.000 indeterminate 15a 9.876617 multiple-solutions 15b 7200.000 indeterminate Back to top m_b_metcalf Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 210 : Location: Berlin Items Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:55 am    Post subject: gsf wrote: here are my results for the benchmark puzzles via pseudocoup (N=B*B determined at compile-time) on a 2GHz pentium its possible that the invalid/indeterminate puzzles are intentional but it would be interesting to find out Glenn, I had started making some spot checks, all of which agreed with your complete results. I suggest you send them to the contact person (to whom I've already sent the 15a result, with no reply). I adapted my fast zero-solution code for N=7 and ran it on 7b, getting a null result. Regards, Mike Last edited by m_b_metcalf on Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:06 pm; edited 1 time in total Back to top gsf Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 408 : Location: NJ USA Items Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:11 am    Post subject: m_b_metcalf wrote: gsf wrote: here are my results for the benchmark puzzles via pseudocoup (N=B*B determined at compile-time) on a 2GHz pentium its possible that the invalid/indeterminate puzzles are intentional but it would be interesting to find out I had started making some spot checks, all of which agreed with your complete results. I suggest you send them to the contact person (to whom I've already sent the 15a result, with no reply). thanks, I just sent it Quote: I adapted my fast zero-solution code for N=7 and ran it on 7b, getting a null result. does null result mean that 7b is confirmed to have no solution? Back to top m_b_metcalf Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 210 : Location: Berlin Items Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:36 am    Post subject: gsf wrote: does null result mean that 7b is confirmed to have no solution? The opposite. It fails the fast test so has an indeterminate number of solutions. Concerning the multiple solutions, I had the impression they were all due to a small number of uncovered U4s. Regards, Mike Back to top m_b_metcalf Joined: 13 Mar 2006 Posts: 210 : Location: Berlin Items Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:25 am    Post subject: I draw your attention to the 225 x 225 puzzle here. 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