[SOLVED] Place and Route in SoC Encounter

[oAwad]

Hello all,

I would like to know if there is an option in SoC Encounter to place&route some special cells manually (I need to specify there position in the core and do manual routing for them) and then place&route the whole design based on this ?

If yes, how to keep these special cells and there routing wires fixed during timing optimization, CTS,...etc ?

Thanks

 

[oAwad]

by special cells, I mean special instances in my synthesized gate level netlist

 

[ThisIsNotSam]

Yes, you can place any cell any way you want. You can do this on the GUI by dragging and dropping, or scripting it with TCL.

The process is the same: set the location first, then change the placement status from unplaced to fixed. This usually does the trick.