Choosing Debug Nets - 2022.1 English

UltraFast Design Methodology Guide for Xilinx FPGAs and SoCs (UG949)

Document ID
UG949
Release Date
2022-06-08
Version
2022.1 English

Xilinx makes the following recommendations for choosing debug nets:

  • Probe nets at the boundaries (inputs or outputs) of a specific hierarchy. This method helps isolate problem areas quickly. Subsequently, you can probe further in the hierarchy if needed.
  • Do not probe nets in between combinatorial logic paths. If you add MARK_DEBUG on nets in the middle of a combinatorial logic path, none of the optimizations applicable at the implementation stage of the flow are applied, resulting in sub-par timing QoR results.
  • Probe nets that are synchronous to get cycle accurate data capture.