Add SignalProbe Pin Dialog Box

The Add SignalProbe Pin dialog box allows you to create assignments for SignalProbe pins, including the node name, pin location, and source for a pin. You can specify the following settings when creating SignalProbe connections:

Important: If you target a supported device family (Arria V, Cyclone series, MAXII, Stratix series), you can specify only the reserve_pin and io_standard keywords. You must make all other settings in the Change Manager or using Tcl scripts.
  • Source node name—Specifies the signal name that you want to route to the SignalProbe output pin in the Current and potential SignalProbe pins list.
Scripting Information

Keyword: reserve_pin

Settings: "as signalprobe output"

  • Pin location—Specifies the pin name for the first available pin. The list shows all available pin locations.
  • SignalProbe pin name—Specifies the node name that you want to assign to the pin selected in the SignalProbe pins list.
  • Clock—Specifies the clock signal name to use as a clock to register the output of the SignalProbe node. You must specify a clock signal name and the number of registers to use if you want to register the output of the SignalProbe node.
Scripting Information

Keyword: signalprobe_clock

Settings: <signalprobe clock name>

  • Registers—Specifies the number of registers to insert before the output of the SignalProbe pin. You must specify the number of registers to use and a clock signal name if you want to register the output of the SignalProbe node.
Scripting Information

Keyword: signalprobe_num_registers

Settings: <integer number of registers>

Note: More information about using Tcl scripts the SignalProbe feature is available on the Altera website.