create_clock (GCF)

Defines clocks for the design. Multiple clocks can be specified for a given design.

create_clock -period <period_value> {netname|portname};

Arguments

-period <period_value>

Specifies the clock period in nanoseconds.

{netname|portname}

Specifies either the name of the net through which the clocks gets propagated or the name of the external port when defining an external clock.

ProASIC

The following statement creates a clock on external port clk with a period of 25.0 nanoseconds.

create_clock -period 25.0 clk;