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Foundation, XABEL: Supported 'Xilinx Property' for CPLDs with XABEL6
Record #3020
Product Family: Software
Product Line: Data I/O
Product Part: xabel
Product Version: 6.0
Problem Title:
Foundation, XABEL: Supported 'Xilinx Property' for CPLDs with XABEL6
Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard
General Description:
What are the supported 'Xilinx Properties' with XABEL6 in
Foundation F1.x?
Solution 1:
The following Xilinx Properties are supported by the CPLD
EDIF-based flow for XABEL. By default, Foundation F1.x XABEL
writes out EDIF netlists from the Abel source file.
If you have an existing XABEL design that contains XEPLD
PROPERTY (or PLUSASM PROPERTY) statements, you must either
replace these properties with the supported EDIF-compatible
properties listed below or you must use the Plusasm flow
described in (Xilinx Solution 2776). If you are developing a
new XABEL CPLD design, DO NOT USE Plusasm based properties.
XILINX PROPERTIES AVAILABLE IN XABEL
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You can specify the following attributes in your XABEL source
file using the ABEL "XILINX PROPERTY" statement:
XILINX PROPERTY 'INITIALSTATE [state_reg_signal] state_name';
(Defines the initial state of a 1-hot encoded state
machine.)
XILINX PROPERTY 'SAVE node_name...';
(Preserves internal nodes; using ISTYPE 'KEEP' is
preferred)
XILINX PROPERTY 'BLOCK {reg_signal | state_name}
attrib_name[=attrib_value]';
(Assigns arbitrary XACT-M1 attributes to registers in the
design.)
XILINX PROPERTY 'OPTIMIZE {AREA | SPEED | BALANCE | OFF}';
(Selects OPTX optimization strategy for FPGA XABEL
modules.)
XILINX PROPERTY 'OPT_EFFORT {NORMAL | HIGH}';
(Selects OPTX optimization effort for FPGA XABEL
modules.)
XILINX PROPERTY '{FAST | SLOW} output_pin...';
(Selects output slew rate for output pins in top-level
XABEL design.)
XILINX PROPERTY 'BUFG={CLK | OE | SR} input_pin...';
(Assigns global buffers to input pins in top-level XABEL
design.)
XILINX PROPERTY 'IO reg_signal...';
(Defines registers to be implemented in the IOBs.)
XILINX PROPERTY 'INIT={R | S} reg_signal...';
(Defines initial state of registers.)
XILINX PROPERTY 'WIREAND node_name...';
(Defines logic nodes to be implemented in the CPLD
interconnect array.)
XILINX PROPERTY 'PWR_MODE={LOW | STD} signal_name...';
(Selects macrocell power mode for nodes or outputs in
CPLD designs.)
XILINX PROPERTY 'TNM=string signal_name...';
(Tags signals with a Timing-group Name to be used in a
Timespec.)
The following ABEL attributes are automatically forwarded
to the Implementation software via the EDIF netlist:
ISTYPE 'KEEP'
(Preserves internal nodes in both ABEL compiler and
design implementation.)
ISTYPE 'RETAIN'
(Preserves redundant logic terms in both ABEL and design
implementation.)
In addition, pin numbers specified in top-level XABEL designs
are written to the EDIF netlist as LOC constraints for design
implementation.
End of Record #3020 - Last Modified: 04/20/99 13:43 |
