Area Group IOB Range
 

Hi

I'm trying to put an IOB range contraint on an AREA_GROUP

I did the following:

AREA_GROUP "GRP0" RANGE = A2:A25;

But the mapper refuses to recognize it. I looked up IOB AREA_GROUP
constraint in the constraints guide. It doesn't provide details on
actual syntax.

Does anyone have experience using this contraint? Examples would be most
welcome.

Thanks

Re: Area Group IOB Range
 

IOB Ranges are supported directly, but depending on what you're trying
to do, here are a few ideas:

Use a LOC on each IO assigned to a list of sites:
NET "name" LOC = "A2, A3, A4,";

Use a LOC on each IO assigned to wildcard site specification (not 100%
sure this works):
NET "name" LOC = "A*";

Use a LOC on each IO assigned to a Bank:
NET "name" LOC = "BANK0";
NET "name" LOC = "TL"; //half-edge constraint
NET "name" LOC = "T"; //edge constraint

Range constrain your IO to a clock region:
For a single region:
AREA_GROUP "group_name" RANGE = CLOCKREGION_X#Y#;

For a range of clock regions that form a rectangle:
AREA_GROUP "group_name" RANGE = CLOCKREGION_X#Y#:CLOCKREGION_X#Y#;

For a list of clock regions:
AREA_GROUP "group_name" RANGE = CLOCKREGION_X#Y#,CLOCKREGION_X#Y#,...;

Bret

Re: Area Group IOB Range
 

[email protected] wrote:
>
> IOB Ranges are supported directly, but depending on what you're trying
> to do, here are a few ideas:
>
> Use a LOC on each IO assigned to a list of sites:
> NET "name" LOC = "A2, A3, A4,";
>
> Use a LOC on each IO assigned to wildcard site specification (not 100%
> sure this works):
> NET "name" LOC = "A*";
>
> Use a LOC on each IO assigned to a Bank:
> NET "name" LOC = "BANK0";
> NET "name" LOC = "TL"; //half-edge constraint
> NET "name" LOC = "T"; //edge constraint
>
> Range constrain your IO to a clock region:
> For a single region:
> AREA_GROUP "group_name" RANGE = CLOCKREGION_X#Y#;
>
> For a range of clock regions that form a rectangle:
> AREA_GROUP "group_name" RANGE = CLOCKREGION_X#Y#:CLOCKREGION_X#Y#;
>
> For a list of clock regions:
> AREA_GROUP "group_name" RANGE = CLOCKREGION_X#Y#,CLOCKREGION_X#Y#,...;
>
> Bret
>
I'm not trying to give LOC constrainst. If you read the constraints
guide, the AREA_GROUP/RANGE pair has an IOB constraint. I just want to
know how that is use.