Table of figures

Hierarchy report providing user modules detection

Unused pattern reported due to incorrect addModule arguments

Output tables from reportInstances() method

Report region

Data and clock delay between a source and destination register

Examples of timing domains D1, D2, D3 in a simple design

Hold/Setup time relationship for active high launch and active high latch clocks

Hold/Setup time relationship for acitve high launch and active low latch clocks

Hold/Setup time relationship for active low launch and active high latch clocks

Hold/Setup time relationship for active low launch and active low latch clocks

Summary.timing example

Example 1 of critical paths table

Example 2 of critical paths table

Example of path detail table

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Introduction

This document is intended to guide users of NanoXplore Impulse software through all the steps involved in the design flow and the options available in NanoXplore design suite:

• impulse is a graphical interface that allows user to view and compile an existing project.

• nxpython is a wrapper around Python executable that allows user to control impulse software as a wrapper. It fully supports Python syntax, structures and external modules.

• The creation of a new project can be performed with both impulse and nxpython tools.

All commands described in this document for NXpython can be applied to the provided VHDL examples in example folder.

Package description

The provided impulse archive contains the following directories:

• bin       folder contains binary files for each supported Linux distribution

• doc      folder contains documentation files in pdf format

• example folder contains several examples of different projects with design sources in VHDL

• lib64 folder contains dynamic libraries and Python modules for each supported Linux distribution and associated Python version

• share folder contains additional files (vhdl libraries, simulation libraries, etc...)

Installation

To install impulse, the user needs to unpack nxdesignsuite-VERSION.tar.gz file into the installation directory (e.g. /opt/NanoXplore) using the following command:

To set the license, it is required to export the following shell variable:

Where servername is the hostname of the server running the license daemon and 27000 is the port the daemon listens to.

Run nxpython

To run nxpython, use the following command:

To use the nanoxmap module in python, user must first call the following command in nxpython:

Nxpython specification

Command list and context

Heraafter a table of all available nxpython commands and the context they affect: