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15 years ago

Question about Monitor

Hello, is it possible to synthesize the "monitors" on the altera fpgas'. There are Monitor IPs such as Avalon MM Monitor. Can I synthesize such "Monitors"?
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15 years ago

I'm guessing bidirectional pins can't be virtual. A virtual pin routes inside the FPGA and never goes to an I/O. A bidir has a tri-state component that only exists in the I/O. I'm not sure how that would be virtual unless the tri-state was ripped out. I'm guessing the virtual assignment is ignored for those I/O.