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FPGA Express 3.x: Global Clock Buffer is inserted, ignoring DONT USE in Express Constraints Editor
Record #7323
Product Family: Software
Product Line: Synopsys
Product Part: FPGA Express
Product Version: 3.1
Problem Title:
FPGA Express 3.x: Global Clock Buffer is inserted, ignoring DONT USE in Express Constraints
Editor
Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard
General Description:
FPGA Express will, by default, place global clock buffers on signals used as clocks in your HDL code
.
There are times, when you do not wish to use a clock buffer on that particular port, so FPGA Express
allows you to override that assignment via its Constraints Editor. This editor is available in the
Foundation Project Manager as well as in the standalone FPGA Express GUI.
Right-click on the pre-optimized design and select Edit Constraints (Edit Synthesis Constraints... i
n
Foundation). Under the Ports tab you will see a column for Global Buffer. Normally, to tell FPGA
Express to not use a global buffer for a particular port you would select "DONT USE" in the row
associated with that input port. However, an issue in FPGA Express 3.x exists that may ignore that
setting.
Solution 1:
If you see that a clock buffer is still inserted even though you have set that port to DONT USE,
use this workaround:
Change the Global Buffer setting in the first row, "<default>", from AUTOMATIC to DONT USE.
Then, assign global buffers to the ports that do require them by changing the local value in the
appropriate rows.
End of Record #7323 - Last Modified: 11/09/99 08:55 |
