That's what I thought.  Is there a book or something on how to create a full
chip using Electric?  There is mention of the router, but it appears that
all the subcomponents must be built up by hand and placed.  Is it possible
to build low level components and have the schematic pull them into cells,
allowing the creation of more complex parts?

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Steven Rubin
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:01 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: VHDL

At 06:54 PM 2/17/2010, you wrote:
>I am new to Electric but am interested in the VHDL portion.  I have read
the
>manual and it appears that there are a few basic components that need to be
>built to then use the VHDL compiler.  My question is can I expand this
>library to more complex components?
>
>I would like to use this to implement a system on a chip that I have
running
>in an FPGA, but have no experience in using electric to actually design a
>chip.  Does all the VHDL code need to be written at the flip flop level or
>can a higher level of abstraction be used?  If I make a ram array, can it
be
>instantiated in the VHDL?

You can extend the VHDL libraries, but it might require some 
source-code hacking.  Also, the VHDL compiler is strictly 
"structural" (i.e. components and connections) and not "behavioral" 
(higher-level expressions are not understood).

    -Steven Rubin

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