Chapter 11

Constraining the Core

This chapter defines the Ethernet AVB Endpoint core constraints. An example user constraints file (UCF) is provided for the core and the HDL example design.

Required Constraints

Device, Package, and Speedgrade Selection

The Ethernet AVB Endpoint core can be implemented in Spartan®-3, Spartan-3E, Spartan- 3A/3A DSP, Spartan-6, Virtex®-5 and Virtex-6 devices that are large enough to accommodate the core, and meet the following speed grades:

-1 for Virtex-5 and Virtex-6 devices

-2 for Spartan-6 devices

-4 for all Spartan-3 devices

I/O Location Constraints

No specific I/O location constraints are required.

Placement Constraints

No specific placement constraints are required.

Timing Constraints

The core can have up to five separate clock domains:

plb_clk for the main EDK PLB and processor clock frequency

host_clk for the management interface logic of the connected Tri-Mode Ethernet

MAC

tx_clk for the MAC transmitter clock domain

rx_clk for the MAC receiver clock domain

rtc_clk for the“Real Time Clock” reference frequency

These clock nets and the signals within the core that cross these clock domains must be constrained appropriately in a UCF.

Sections of UCF syntax are used in the following descriptions to provide examples.

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