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nicoh
New Contributor
4 years agoIt's possible to retrieve the vhdl code from the .pof file? if so, how?
It's possible to retrieve the vhdl code from the .pof file? if so, how?
ak6dn
Regular Contributor
4 years agoFor all practical purposes, no. Not possible.
Theoretically if one knows the exact encoding of a .pof file for a particular device, one could write a disassembler that built a gate level connectivity list of logic cells. And that could be represented in VHDL.
But .pof file format is not public information. And the generated VHDL netlist would be a full chip gate level netlist. Not so useful.
So if you have a .pof file but lost the source VHDL you are out of luck.
nicoh
New Contributor
4 years ago.sof could help?