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H2 Lattice Diamond

Mastering Diamond for FPGA optimisation and debug

formateur
Objectives
  • Learn the use of the Lattice Diamond toolset
  • Learn how to optimize a design to meet
    • A mandatory working frequency
    • Constraints of clock synchronization
  • Learn how to debug a design by
    • Simulation
    • Insertion of the Reveal trace kernel
All exercises are conducted on Lattice FPGA-based boards.
Hardware
  • A Windows PC for two trainees with the Lattice Diamond toolset
  • A Lattice target board
  • Printed course material with ample space to take notes
  • Hans-on labs manual and detailed solutions
Prerequisites

First day
Basic Diamond design flow
  • Diamond projects
  • Tools and environment options
  • Assigning pin locations and timing preferences
  • Map the design
  • Perform post-map static timing analysis
  • Place and Route the design
    • select PAR options
  • Perform post-route static timing analysis
    • View device implementation
    • identify critical paths
Enhance timing characteristics of a design
  • Perform static, post-PAR, timing analysis
    • Max frequency analysis
    • Setup and Hold time analysis
    • Clock to output delay analysis
  • Optimize Mapping, Placement and Routing
    • avoid using IO blocks in critical paths
    • use VHDL signal attributes
  • Use a PLL to minimize clock delays
    • The IPexpres tool
    • Using IPexpress to add a PLL to a design
    • possible impact on clock-to-out delays
  • PAR optimisation strategies
    • Use PAR effort settings to enhance timings
    • Use Multi-placement mode
    • Use routing-only (reentrant) PAR
  • Use PLL parameter to further compensate for clock delays
  • Use guided placement
    • create floorplanning directives in the HDL source
    • create floorplanning directives using the design planner
    • create floorplanning directives in the preferences file
  • Look at device implementation afetr optimization
    • look at routing congestion
Second day
Power consumption estimation
  • Using the Power Calculator
    • Estimating the Activity Factor
    • Estimate temperature impact
    • Estimate the device selection impact
Design simulation
  • Creating the test-bench with Lattice Diamond
    • using the automatically generated test-bench template
    • completing the testbench
  • Simulation with Aldec Active-HDL
    • functional simulation
    • post PAR dynamic timing simulation
Debugging the device
  • The Reveal on-chip debugger
  • The Reveal Inserter
    • Add the Reveal core to your design
    • Add signals to trace
    • Add triggers and trigger expressions
  • The Reveal Analyzer
    • Creating a Reveal Analyzer project
    • Attach to the device
  • Run the device and fetch traces
    • Display signal waveforms
    • single trigger capture mode