Constraints are user-defined properties for graph nodes which provide additional information to the compiler. Model Composer provides a mechanism to specify these constraints from within the kernel import or graph import blocks in the AI Engine library. During graph code generation, all these constraints automatically appear inside the graph code. The following figure shows the Constraints tab of the AIE Kernel block highlighting the Open Constriants Editor button in it.
Clicking Open Constraints Editor opens the Model Composer Constraints window. Here you can specify various constraints such as core utilization factor, kernel location, buffer location, stack/heap location, and size as shown in the following figure.
A similar constraints tab is available for all blocks in the Xilinx Toolbox/AI Engine/User-Defined Functions library and the constraint editor reflects the constriants available for that particular block. Adding these constriants will not affect Simulink simulation as they are only used for generating the graph code and AIE simulation.
When you open the constraints editor from any particular kernel/graph import block, the Model Composer Constraints window allows you to specify the constraints for that particular kernel. However, you can switch between all the kernels/graphs available in your design from the drop down menu and specify the constraints accordingly as shown in the following figure. In this way, you can avoid opening each kernel/graph block separately to specify constraints.
The remainder of this section discusses the types of constraints that Model Composer supports.