Detects the rising edge of a std_ulogic or std_logic signal. It will return true when the signal changes from a low value ('0' or 'L') to a high value ('1' or 'H').
function rising_edge ( signal s : std_ulogic ) return boolean;
signal clock : std_logic; ... sync_stuff: process (clock) begin if rising_edge(clock) then ... end if; end process;
https://www.cs.sfu.ca/~ggbaker/reference/std_logic/1164/rising_edge.html