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aroturier
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5 years ago

Latch clocked by "rst" signal

Hi,

There is something I don't understand during the design compilation.

After the compilation, I have the following warning message :

Warning (332060): Node: rst was determined to be a clock but was found without an associated clock assignment.
Info (13166): Latch i2c_slave:i2c_slave_inst|sda_f~1 is being clocked by rst

This surprised me, so i watched in Technology Map Viewer this latch :

This is the sda_f~1 latch internal logic :

I don't see any clocked latch or flip flop, so I really don't understand this warning.

I don't want to assign to "rst" a clock assignment.

Does anyone know the reason of this warning ?

Thanks in advance,

Regards,

Antoine

5 Replies

  • sstrell's avatar
    sstrell
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    5 years ago

    There must be an error in your HDL code that is making the compiler think this is a clock signal. Can you post the code?

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        sstrell
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        5 years ago

        I think the problem is poor code or an error in the code. From what you posted:

        process(sda_clk, start_async_rst)

        begin
        if (start_async_rst = '1') then
        sda_f <= sda_in;
        elsif (rising_edge(sda_clk)) then
        sda_f <= sda_in;
        end if;
        end process;

        sda_f is getting inferred as a latch instead of a register because the reset is coded incorrectly. sda_f should get 0, I would presume, when start_async_rst equals 1. As such, start_async_rst (and its source, rst) are inferred as a clock gate essentially, so Quartus thinks it needs a clock assignment. So I don't know if that is an error in the IP you got, but a coding issue is causing the warning.