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12 years ago

Include bdf files into another bdf files

Hello All, I am trying to design a 32 bit ALU . The approach that I am thinking is design a 1 bit ALU in a bdf file and then use that 1 bit ALU 32 times in another file. I wanted to know i...
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12 years ago

An 1 bit adder has 1 AND and 1 XOR gate, so create new Block Diagram/Schematic File. Draw the circuit with its corresponding input and output ports. Save it and then from menú: File->Create Update->Create Symbol files for current file. It will create a schematic component for 1 bit adder.

Then create another schematic file and paste 1 adder 32 times. You'll find the 1 bit adder as another component clicking on the Symbol tool button. A window appears. Go to the Project folder. Select the 1 adder and use it.