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XABEL 5.0: How to do standalone designs


Record #324

Problem Title:
XABEL 5.0: How to do standalone designs


Problem Description:



Solution 1:




Officially, the 5.0 version of the XABEL product does not allow users to
create complete standalone designs in XABEL, as was possible with previous
versions.  The XABEL module should be part of a larger schematic.  This
was done because there are certain features (such as RAM in the XC4000
parts ) which are not accessible from within XABEL, and so it is better
used as part of a larger schematic.  However, it is still possible to
create standalone netlists with XABEL 5.0. Simply add the following line
to your xactinit.dat file:

/synthx/addpins=true

Alernatively, you could run the translation step individually, running
synthx as follows:

synthx <file_name> output=xnf family=4 parttype=<part> addpins=true





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