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Altera_Forum
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17 years ago

QUIP: add_new_cell supports only subset of architecture?

I was hoping that ::quartus::chip_editor::add_new_cell would allow me to add any valid cell in the device, but it seems to primarily (or only?) support LCCOMB and LCFF cells. In particular, I w...
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Altera_Forum
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17 years ago

What is it you're trying to do? I'm guessing very few people who watch this board do much Chip Planner Tcl scripting. I've done it a few times, and it's only been a minor tweak on scripts I've created from the Change Manager. But that's really what the ECO's of the Chip Planner are designed for. It seems almost like you're trying to create a design with the Chip Planner, and a large one at that(i.e. I'm sure people have created small designs that are a handful of LEs, like a special clock mux or something...)

If you describe your goals, there might be a better way to do it.