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gyuunyuu
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5 years ago

When Qsys system is created, how is the order of conduit signals decided?

I have a single conduit on my Qsys component. This conduit contains a range of signals which are not are inter-related. However, in the RTL code related signals are bunched together. When I goto th...
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sstrell
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5 years ago

Yes, you can create as many conduit interfaces as you want to organize signals.

I'm not sure how the organization of signals within a conduit works. I usually create multiple conduits.

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gyuunyuu
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5 years ago

ok, point noted.

I am still curious to know how the order of signals is decided by Qsys. Since it does not follow the order in the RTL file, what criteria does it use?

The _hw.tcl contains nothing to indicate the order. The order is not alphabetic. The order is also not inputs on top followed by outputs.

It would be great to know how Qsys decides this.