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AR# 40786 Design Assistant for XST - Help with trimmed signals

Description

Please refer to this answer record for help resolving XST trimming issues.

Note: This Answer Record is a part of the Xilinx Solution Center for XST (Xilinx Answer 38927). The Xilinx Solution Center for XST is available to address all questions related to XST. Whether you are starting a new design or troubleshooting a problem, use the Solution Center for XST to guide you to the right information.

Solution

XST will optimize out Flip-Flops and Latches when all of their inputs are tied to a constant high or low, excluding the clock. XST does this because the output of the Flip-Flop or Latch will have a constant output. This constant output will continue to drive the same logic that was driven before; however, the logic will now be driven by a constant value rather than driven by the Flip-Flop or Latch. Refer to the images below for a helpful explanation.

The example below is intended to illustrate how optimizing one Flip-Flop may optimize out multiple Flip-Flops. Consider the following example where one of the Flip-Flops ties the reset and D pin to a logic low. This results in the output (Q) always being a logic low. This will result with logic described in Figure-2.

Figure-1

Notice in Figure-2 that the two inputs are now constant, similar to inst1 from Figure-1. Again, this results with constant logic on the output (Q) pin. This will ultimately result with one of the inputs of the LUT tied to a logic low, as shown in Figure-3.


Figure-2


Figure-3

Linked Answer Records

Master Answer Records

Answer Number Answer Title Version Found Version Resolved
38927 Xilinx Solution Center for XST N/A N/A

Associated Answer Records

Answer Number Answer Title Version Found Version Resolved
40609 Design Assistant for XST - Help with Optimizations N/A N/A

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AR# 40786
Date Created 03/14/2011
Last Updated 12/15/2012
Status Active
Type General Article
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