Write a testbench to check that the module adder actually performs correctly as a 4-bit adder.

You probably want to use some kind of test generation, rather than writing out all the cases. A VHDL for loop might be useful:

for INDEXVAR in MIN to MAX loop
 -- loop body, which can use INDEXVAR
end loop;

Note that INDEXVAR is an integer (not an unsigned or std_logic_vector), so you'll need to convert it to the appropriate type if you hope to do any comparisons. Take a look at the reference sheet for how to do conversions.

-- Testbench for 4-bit adder library IEEE; use IEEE.std_logic_1164.all; use IEEE.numeric_std.all; use std.textio.all; entity adder_test is -- No ports, since this is a testbench end adder_test; architecture test of adder_test is component adder is port( a : in unsigned(3 downto 0); b : in unsigned(3 downto 0); sum : out unsigned(3 downto 0) ); end component; begin end test;

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