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BMart12
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4 years ago
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Technology Map Viewer Post-Fitting signal names

Hello, I am using the SignalTap II logic analyzer on Quartus Prime Version : 18.1.1 Build 646 04/11/2019 SJ Standard Edition. I am tracing logic in the Cyclone V SOC to debug a memory-mapped slave...
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    sstrell
    4 years ago

    Names can get distorted through the place and route process. The ~ does not necessarily mean anything other than the name of a signal changed or a new internal signal was created through this process. If you know the signals you want to tap from your design itself, use the Signal Tap pre-synthesis Node Finder filter instead of post-fit nodes you find in the Tech Map Viewer.

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sstrell
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4 years ago

Names can get distorted through the place and route process. The ~ does not necessarily mean anything other than the name of a signal changed or a new internal signal was created through this process. If you know the signals you want to tap from your design itself, use the Signal Tap pre-synthesis Node Finder filter instead of post-fit nodes you find in the Tech Map Viewer.