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13 years ago

Using a tcl script to assign pins

Is it possible to use a tcl script file to make I/O pin assignments instead of using the Pin Planner? I tried doing that with a script file such as the following: package require ::...
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13 years ago

I just edit the .qsf manually. Actually I have a utility that extracts pin-names from a (Orcad or Altium) schematic netlist. I then copy/paste the prepared assignments. Unfortunately the schematic names are all upper-case, so i have some editing to do, but at least the locations are correct. Maybe one day I'll extend the utility to read the (VHDL) top design file(or possibly more appropriate report file).

So if you are typing a .tcl to insert the locations you might as well just edit the .qsf. The rest of the work like IO standard etc. I do in the Pin Planner. Which I usually have done before to start off the design.

To Gary: I wish they (the whole EDA) switched to Python, but I guess it won't happen soon :(