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11 years agoEP4SGX530 dev board TSE link failure
Hi, I've been working on integrating a TSE (10/100/1000Mb Ethernet MAC with 1000MASE-X/SGMII PCS) with internal FIFOs and SGMII bridge enabled into a large project. I am using the EP4SGX530 dev...
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11 years agoWell I've got something working and it is all to do with the timing constraints file. Here's how I fixed it.
1. Using a full compilation I editted the sdc file to remove clocks from the set_clocks_group -exclusive set until I had set_clock_groups -exclusive -group [get_clocks $Top_clkin_50 ] -group [get_clocks $Top_clkin_100 ] -group [get_clocks $Top_clkin_125 ] -group [get_clocks $LVDS_clkin_125 ] This resulted in a timing violation on the LVDS registers for the TSE component. 2. Added timing constraints to the sdc file to bound the paths that had produced timing violations Then. 3. Recompiled to generate a new fit that would meet the new timing constraints Result: Ethernet connects every time :) I hope someone out there finds this useful