~ fix typo in referencing variables in sdc file
~ fine tune parameters to get the design to route
with cts and diode insertion
!important:
depends on SAVE_LIB patch from openlane
the left hand side of caravan from gpio_defaults_block_14 to
gpio_defaults_block_25. Otherwise, the script that generates the
custom user configuration won't be able to change the defaults
for GPIO 25.
- high level changes:
* add larger buffers on output ports
* add buffers on input ports
* adjust sdc file increasing output load and setting a high transition
- detailed changes:
* add interactive script for openlane where the order of events is a bit shuffled
- to add obstruction before pdn
- to manually insert buffers on some ports
- to manually remove buffers inserted by synthesis on for example serial_clock_out
* change openlane config adding extra row and columns to increase the space and fit the
added buffers
* change config to enable buffering
* increase density for better placement?
* change the cell exclude list. some excluded cells didn't make sense
* ef decap cells break dynamic sims?
* add custom pdn script for to duplicate the old pdn
- misc changes:
* fix openlane makefile to properly detect interactive script
!important still need to run dynamic simulations
!important depends on some updates to openlane
Corrected the pad constant connections to all be in the correct domain
(1.8V or 3.3V). Created a new "constant_block" module that generates
a single constant 1 and 0 value in the 1.8V domain, and used 7 of these
in the chip_io (and chip_io_alt) modules to create the 1.8V domain
constant signals for the seven pads belonging to the management (clock,
reset, flash SPI, and management GPIO).
inputs that are permanently tied low or high come from either
the local "TIE" pad connections (if they are in the 3.3V
domain) or from a constant one wire in the 1.8V domain that
is generated in the gpio_control_block module and exported
to the chip_io (or chip_io_alt) module.
update gpio_control_block config for new openlane versions:
- disable `SYNTH_BUFFERING` and `SYNTH_SIZING` to limit the design size
and fit the floorplan
- change `SYNTH_STRATEGY` to `AREA 0` to minimize design cells
- disable `PL_RESIZER_TIMING_OPTIMIZATIONS` and
enable `GLB_RESIZER_TIMING_OPTIMIZATIONS`
- remove `FP_IO_*` and replace them with `FP_DEF_TEMPLATE` for io placement
- set `DECAP_CELL` to not use ef decaps.. i think that was for simulations?
- enable some turned off `QUIT_*` variables
- replace deprecated variables such as `GLB_RT_*`
- customize `pdn.tcl` to force pdn straps to follow the old pattern
- replace `$script_dir` with `$::env(DESIGN_DIR)`
!IMPORTANT - still need to run dynamic simulations
tweak blackbox lvs scripts for very fast extract; update spi/lvs/*.spice.
The .spice (once propagated to caravel-lite AND caravel-lite embed in mpw_precheck docker)
will pass the consistency check.
Co-authored-by: Risto Bell <rb@efabless.com>
from the data and replace them with a single flop clocked on the
negative edge of the serial clock. This will completely avoid hold
violations by ensuring that the block's output data bit does not
change anywhere near the clock rising edge, so clocks do not have
to be tightly aligned among all of the GPIO blocks.
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