"Force Use of Synchronous Clear Signals" assignment

[LMelo2]

Good morning. I need to force the position of a particular register on DDIOOUTCELL. The "Location -> DDIOOUTCELL_X34_Y18_N4" assignment works correctly. Also I need to use the SCLR, SLOAD and SDATA pins of that particular register. With the "Force Use of Synchronous Clear Signals" assignment I am able to reset the register, but I cannot find any assignment to force the synchronous LOAD. Can you help me?

regards, Luca

[sstrell]

How are you coding this?  It would be based on that.

[LMelo2]

here is an example:
I create in vhdl the model of the FF I need:

DFF:process(clk_10M_int)is
begin

if rising_edge(clk_10M_int)then
if(sclr='1')then
Qdata<='0';
elsif(sload='1')then
Qdata<='1';
else
Qdata<=Ddata;
end if;
end if;

end process DFF;

then I fix the register position on a register (one of 2) outgoing DDRs with the following line in 
the .qsf file:

set_location_assignment DDIOOUTCELL_X34_Y10_N11 -to Qdata~reg0

At this point Quartus creates the circuit of the 1st photo:

then I always add this line in the .qsf file: 
set_instance_assignment -name FORCE_SYNCH_CLEAR ON -to Qdata ~ reg0

Now Quartus creates this circuit:

So I can activate the synchronous reset of that register, 
but I don't know how to activate the synchronous load

Basically, Quartus uses combinatorial logic to create the "sync_load" function, as seen in this photo:

[sstrell · Accepted solution]

sload is used to set a value from a separate sdata input.  You're just setting the output to 1 when this signal is enabled, which is not the intended behavior.  If the device doesn't support this configuration (which seems to be the case) extra logic is added to give you the behavior you've defined.

Maybe what you really want is an asynchronous preset, which would set the output to 1 whenever enabled.

You should check the Design Recommendations user guide to see how to code for what you want:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/programmable/support-resources/design-software/user-guides.html

[LMelo2]

thank you very much for your time

[RichardTanSY_Altera]

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