Placing ICDs Using Place

and Route

You can place an ICD device and use the place and route functionality to automate the design creation process.

Restrictions and Limitations

• You can only place ICDs using Capital Logic Designer in Single‑User mode. It is not available in Multi‑User mode.

• Devices containing stacked pins will not be considered. Pins must be unstacked for them to be considered in the ICD flow.

Procedure

1. Select a device from the Unplaced folder and drag it onto the diagram.

2. As the device is placed “shadow” graphics are displayed if any pins on that device have matching signal names to pins already placed on the diagram.

3. Optimize the layout of the design using the shadow graphics as guidance.

Results

The system completes the connectivity automatically. See also Auto-Routing of Nets and Auto-Routing of Signals.

Note

The conductor and footprint behavior is determined by the Design Abstraction.

• If the abstraction is set to “Auto create harness connectors”, wires and footprints are used.

• If “Auto create harness connectors” is not set, Nets are used and no footprints are added.

Parent Topic:

Placing ICDs

Capital Logic Designer User Guide, 2512

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