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MAP, PAR, PPR: Constraining signals to unbonded pads in M1 and XACT (naming convention is different)


Record #2647

Product Family: Software

Product Line: FPGA Implementation

Product Part: par

Problem Title:
MAP, PAR, PPR: Constraining signals to unbonded pads in M1 and XACT (naming convention is different)



Problem Description:
Urgency: standard

General Description:
In the XACT tools location constraints for unbonded pads used
the syntax of "Uxx", where "xx" corresponded to the pad
location for the unbonded I/O.

In the M1 tools location constraints for unbonded pads has
been changed to the format "UNBxx".


Solution 1:

To constrain an unbonded pad to a specific location in your
schematic design, add the "LOC=UNBxx" attribute to the UPAD
component on your schematic.

For example to constrain a unbonded pad to pad location 66 do
the following:

    LOC=UNB66

In order to constrain an unbonded pad to a specific location
in a user constraint file (.ucf), add the following line to
your UCF file:

    NET "NetName" LOC = "UNBxx"

where "NetName" is the name of the net connected to the UPAD.




End of Record #2647 - Last Modified: 08/19/97 16:51

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