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amildm
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4 years ago
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[SignalTap] copy/paste/duplicate signals + seeing the same signal in several groups

Hi All, 1) Is it possible to add the same signal to SignalTap Waves Tab several times (e.g. in Questa it's possible)? Purpose - convenience in viewing the signals. The signals in my SignalTap ...
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    sstrell
    4 years ago

    No, run-time triggers are standard Signal Tap instance that run when your design is running in hardware. A power-up trigger is a child instance of a run-time trigger that lets you capture trigger events that occur after device programming but before you can open the .stp file and click "Run Analysis". Right-click a Signal Tap instance in the .stp Instance Manager to enable it.

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amildm
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4 years ago

"The only copy allowed is between a run-time trigger" - what do you mean "run-time trigger"? signals, which are defined to be also triggers?

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sstrell
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4 years ago

No, run-time triggers are standard Signal Tap instance that run when your design is running in hardware. A power-up trigger is a child instance of a run-time trigger that lets you capture trigger events that occur after device programming but before you can open the .stp file and click "Run Analysis". Right-click a Signal Tap instance in the .stp Instance Manager to enable it.