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2.1i: FPGA Editor: How to add a Probe to a design.
Record #6616
Product Family: Software
Product Line: Merged Core
Product Part: FPGA Editor
Problem Title:
2.1i: FPGA Editor: How to add a Probe to a design.
Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard
General Description:
How to add a Probe to a design?
Solution 1:
Solution:
1. Launch FPGA Editor either via command line (fpga_editor)
or the GUI.
2. Load the design's ncd file, either from map (map.ncd) or
par (design.ncd), and select the Edit Mode to be "Read
Write" ('File' -> 'Main Properies' -> 'Edit Mode: Read
Write').
3. Select the 'Probes' button on the left side.
4. Select the 'Add' button, to add a probe.
5. Select the 'Pin Name' (optional).
6. Highlight the net that we want to probe, in the 'Select
Net' box.
7. Choose the 'Method', either Automatic or Manual, in
the 'Select Pin Numbers' box.
Automatic picks the closest pin to the net to be probed.
Manual, you choice which pin is used for the probe
8. Select the 'OK' button, to add the probe.
9. Then the probe is listed in the 'Probes' window with
the delay and the pin number.
End of Record #6616 - Last Modified: 06/26/99 16:09 |
