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PixelPusher
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3 months ago

Is there any way to script the creation of a signal tap instance?

I have been trying to see if it is possible to create a signal tap instance using a scripted approach. For example, create an instance, add some signals from the design using wildcards, setup trigger...
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PixelPusher
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3 months ago

What are the benefits of that? Improved compilation speed?

I can selectively include different .stp in the project which I think achieves the same thing?

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KennyT_altera
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2 days ago

The main benefit of using reusable debug partitions is that you can keep the Signal Tap logic isolated and swap it in or out without touching the main RTL. With partition reuse, unchanged logic may also avoid recompilation.

That said, if your main goal is simply to share and version-control different debug setups, using multiple pre-created .stp files should work just as well. There still isn’t a documented API to generate the .stp configuration automatically.