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FPGA Express: DPM: error: tried to use synchronized value in routine


Record #5043

Product Family: Software

Product Line: Synopsys

Product Part: FPGA Express

Product Version: 3.2

Problem Title:
FPGA Express: DPM: error: tried to use synchronized value in routine


Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard

General Description:
When synthesizing in FPGA Express, one may receive the following error:

DPM: error: tried to use synchronized value in routine

when one tries to perform a function like SYN_INTEGER_TO_SIGNED on a FOR loop counter variable.


Solution 1:

The workaround is to assign the counting variable to an intermediate signal and then perform the function on the intermediate signal.




End of Record #5043 - Last Modified: 08/20/99 10:42

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