Outputting a bitstream onto a pin in verilog

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Joined Jun 23, 2014
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I need to output a 32bit bit-stream onto a pin in verilog. I know verilog has the streaming operators pack and unpack but I do not believe they will do what I want it to do.

I have 32x512 FIFO RAM in which data is stored. Data for the variable "I" stored on the first 32 bits and the data for variable "Q" is stored on the next 32 bits (the rest of FIFO saves data in this alternating fashion). I need to continually get a 32bit stream off the FIFO RAM and output the 32bit data stream onto a pin. My FIFO has three output signals(a signal for the 32 bit data stream(32_data), a signal to say when the FIFO is empty (32_empty), and a signal to say when the FIFO is full(32_full)) My sudo code is the following (It's sudo code because I know how to do everything else but the part I need help with and I wanted to keep it simple for understanding):

Rich (BB code):
    process @ posedge clock
    begin
      if (32_empty != 1) then //if the FIFO has data
        if (32_full == 1) then //if the FIFO is full, then we lose data (for testing purposes to know if I need to make the RAM bigger
           PIN_1 <= 1; //output onto a pin that the FIFO is full
           PIN_2 <= 0; //clear pin 2 from outputting data for "I"
           PIN_3 <= 0; //clear pin 3 from outputting data for "Q"
        else if (en_Q == 0)
           (stream 32bit data for variable "I" onto pin 2) //variable "I" output//HELP-This is where I need help figuring out how to stream the output, 32_data, onto a pin
           en_Q <= ~en_Q; // toggle en_Q so next 32bit stream will be for "Q"
        else if (en_Q ==1)
           (stream 32bit data for variable "Q" onto pin 3) //variable "Q" output//HELP-This is where I need help figuring out how to stream the output, 32_data, onto a pin
           en_Q <= ~en_Q; // toggle en_Q so next 32bit stream will be for "I"
    end
If you could help me with figuring out how to stream a 32 bit data stream onto a pin, that would be great!
Thanks in advance
 
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