LFSR doesn't generate random values during simulation

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I am new to VHDL, but have some idea. I made this LFSR but don't know why it is stuck between the initial seed value and the other XOR value. I am working with Altera Quartus 16 Lite and ISim.

library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;

--creating a galois LFSR
entity LFSR is
port (
clk : in std_logic;
rst : in std_logic;
en : in std_logic;
rdm_out : out std_logic_vector(15 downto 0);
rdm_out_a : out std_logic_vector(7 downto 0);
rdm_out_b : out std_logic_vector(7 downto 0);
lfsr_Done : out std_logic --lfsr done
);
end entity LFSR;

architecture behavioral of LFSR is
signal temp_out : std_logic_vector(15 downto 0) := (0 => '1' ,others => '0'); --initial value as seed
signal temp_done : std_logic;

begin

process (clk, rst)
begin
if rising_edge (clk) then --module operates only when enabled
if (rst = '1') then
temp_out <= (0 => '1' ,others => '0');
temp_done <= '0';

elsif (en = '1') then
temp_out <= temp_out(15 downto 11) & (temp_out(10) xor temp_out(0)) & temp_out(9 downto 5) & (temp_out(4) xor temp_out(0)) & temp_out(3 downto 0);
--temp_out <= (temp_out(15) xor temp_out(0)) & (temp_out(14) xor temp_out(0)) & temp_out(13) & (temp_out(12) xor temp_out(0)) & temp_out(11 downto 4) & (temp_out(3) xor temp_out(0)) & temp_out(2 downto 0);
temp_done <= '1';
end if;
end if;
end process;


rdm_out <= temp_out(15 downto 0);
rdm_out_a <= temp_out(15 downto 8);
rdm_out_b <= temp_out(7 downto 0);
lfsr_Done <= temp_done;
end architecture behavioral;`

The commented out temp_out is actual feedback (taps are 16,15,13, and 4) as I checked with random taps but still no improvement.

And the testbench I used is this:

library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;

entity lfsr_tb is
end lfsr_tb;

architecture test_bench of lfsr_tb is

component LFSR
port (
clk : in std_logic;
rst : in std_logic;
en : in std_logic;
rdm_out : out std_logic_vector(15 downto 0);
rdm_out_a : out std_logic_vector(7 downto 0);
rdm_out_b : out std_logic_vector(7 downto 0);
lfsr_Done : out std_logic );

end component;


signal clk1: std_logic;
signal rst1: std_logic;
signal en1 : std_logic;

signal rdm_out1 : std_logic_vector(15 downto 0);
signal rdm_out_a1 : std_logic_vector(7 downto 0);
signal rdm_out_b1 : std_logic_vector(7 downto 0);
signal lfsr_Done1 : std_logic ;

begin

mapping: LFSR port map(
clk => clk1,
rst => rst1,
en => en1,
rdm_out => rdm_out1,
rdm_out_a => rdm_out_a1,
rdm_out_b => rdm_out_b1,
lfsr_Done => lfsr_Done1 );

clock: process
begin
clk1 <= '0'; wait for 10 ps;
clk1 <= '1'; wait for 10 ps;
end process;

reset: process
begin
rst1 <= '1'; wait for 10 ps;
rst1 <= '0';
en1 <= '1'; wait for 800 ps;
end process;

end test_bench;
This is the result I am getting:
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I have tried numerous ways but its not shifting and I don't understand why.
 

Cor

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Hi learni,
you're not shifting data:
"temp_out <= temp_out(15 downto 11) & (temp_out(10) xor temp_out(0)) & temp_out(9 downto 5) & (temp_out(4) xor temp_out(0)) & temp_out(3 downto 0);"

temp_out(15 downto 11) will map to temp_out(15 downto 11)...

try something like
"temp_out <= temp_out(14 downto 11) & (temp_out(10) xor temp_out(0)) & temp_out(9 downto 5) & (temp_out(4) xor temp_out(0)) & temp_out(3 downto 0) &temp_out(15);"

Regards,

Cor
 

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