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11 years ago

get synthesis report from quartus_map eventhough i have blackbox in my design

Hi all, I need to know the rough post-synthesis area occupation of my project. However, one module, which is instantiated in many places is still under development. I need to make this as black...
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11 years ago

using synthesis translate_on/off just removes the code from the design, hence why optimisations are occuring. You need to use the syn_black_box attribute applied to that entity. It will not tell you the resource usage for the black box, but it should keep the io without removing them