hdlcoder.FloatingPointTargetConfig.IPConfig class

Package: hdlcoder

Specify IP settings for selected floating-point configuration

Description

Use the hdlcoder.FloatingPointTargetConfig.IPConfig object to see the list of supported IP blocks for a floating-point library. The IP configuration depends on the library settings. The library settings are specific to the floating-point library that you choose.

Create a floating-point target configuration object for the library.
```
fpconfig = hdlcoder.createFloatingPointTargetConfig('ALTFP');
```
To see the IP settings, use the IPConfig object.
```
fpconfig.IPConfig
```

Optionally, to customize the IP configuration, use the customize method of the floating-point configuration object.

Creation

fpconfig.IPConfig shows the IP settings for the fpconfig floating-point target configuration that you create for the floating-point library.

Methods

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Public Methods

customize Customize IP configuration for specified floating-point library

Examples

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Create and Customize Floating Point Configuration and Generate Code

Open Script

This example shows how to create a floating-point target configuration with Altera® Megafunctions (ALTFP) in HDL Coder, and then generate code.

Create a Floating-Point Target Configuration

To create a floating-point configuration, use hdlcoder.createFloatingPointTargetConfig. Before creating a configuration, set up the path to your synthesis tool.

hdlsetuptoolpath('ToolName', 'Altera Quartus II', ...
    'ToolPath', 'C:/Altera/16.0/quartus/bin64/quartus.exe');
load_system('sfir_single')
fpconfig = hdlcoder.createFloatingPointTargetConfig('ALTFP')

Prepending following Altera Quartus II path(s) to the system path:
C:\Altera\16.0\quartus\bin64

fpconfig = 

  FloatingPointTargetConfig with properties:

            Library: 'ALTFP'
    LibrarySettings: [1×1 fpconfig.LatencyDrivenMode]
           IPConfig: [1×1 hdlcoder.FloatingPointTargetConfig.IPConfig]

Specify Custom Library Settings

Optionally, to customize the floating-point configuration, specify custom library settings.

fpconfig.LibrarySettings.LatencyStrategy = 'MAX';
fpconfig.LibrarySettings.Objective = 'AREA';
fpconfig.LibrarySettings

ans = 

  LatencyDrivenMode with properties:

    LatencyStrategy: 'MAX'
          Objective: 'AREA'

View Latency of Floating-Point IPs

The IPConfig object displays the maximum and minimum latency values of the floating-point operators.

fpconfig.IPConfig

ans = 

      Name              DataType            MinLatency    MaxLatency    Latency    ExtraArgs
    _________    _______________________    __________    __________    _______    _________

    'ABS'        'DOUBLE'                    1             1            -1         ''       
    'ABS'        'SINGLE'                    1             1            -1         ''       
    'ADDSUB'     'DOUBLE'                    7            14            -1         ''       
    'ADDSUB'     'SINGLE'                    7            14            -1         ''       
    'CONVERT'    'DOUBLE_TO_NUMERICTYPE'     6             6            -1         ''       
    'CONVERT'    'NUMERICTYPE_TO_DOUBLE'     6             6            -1         ''       
    'CONVERT'    'NUMERICTYPE_TO_SINGLE'     6             6            -1         ''       
    'CONVERT'    'SINGLE_TO_NUMERICTYPE'     6             6            -1         ''       
    'COS'        'SINGLE'                   35            35            -1         ''       
    'DIV'        'DOUBLE'                   10            61            -1         ''       
    'DIV'        'SINGLE'                    6            33            -1         ''       
    'EXP'        'DOUBLE'                   25            25            -1         ''       
    'EXP'        'SINGLE'                   17            17            -1         ''       
    'LOG'        'DOUBLE'                   34            34            -1         ''       
    'LOG'        'SINGLE'                   21            21            -1         ''       
    'MUL'        'DOUBLE'                   11            11            -1         ''       
    'MUL'        'SINGLE'                   11            11            -1         ''       
    'RECIP'      'DOUBLE'                   27            27            -1         ''       
    'RECIP'      'SINGLE'                   20            20            -1         ''       
    'RELOP'      'DOUBLE'                    1             3            -1         ''       
    'RELOP'      'SINGLE'                    1             3            -1         ''       
    'RSQRT'      'DOUBLE'                   36            36            -1         ''       
    'RSQRT'      'SINGLE'                   26            26            -1         ''       
    'SIN'        'SINGLE'                   36            36            -1         ''       
    'SQRT'       'DOUBLE'                   30            57            -1         ''       
    'SQRT'       'SINGLE'                   16            28            -1         ''

Customize Latency of ADDSUB IP

Using the customize method of the IPConfig object, you can customize the latency of the floating-point IP and specify any additional arguments.

fpconfig.IPConfig.customize('ADDSUB','Single','Latency',6);
fpconfig.IPConfig

ans = 

      Name              DataType            MinLatency    MaxLatency    Latency    ExtraArgs
    _________    _______________________    __________    __________    _______    _________

    'ABS'        'DOUBLE'                    1             1            -1         ''       
    'ABS'        'SINGLE'                    1             1            -1         ''       
    'ADDSUB'     'DOUBLE'                    7            14            -1         ''       
    'ADDSUB'     'SINGLE'                    7            14             6         ''       
    'CONVERT'    'DOUBLE_TO_NUMERICTYPE'     6             6            -1         ''       
    'CONVERT'    'NUMERICTYPE_TO_DOUBLE'     6             6            -1         ''       
    'CONVERT'    'NUMERICTYPE_TO_SINGLE'     6             6            -1         ''       
    'CONVERT'    'SINGLE_TO_NUMERICTYPE'     6             6            -1         ''       
    'COS'        'SINGLE'                   35            35            -1         ''       
    'DIV'        'DOUBLE'                   10            61            -1         ''       
    'DIV'        'SINGLE'                    6            33            -1         ''       
    'EXP'        'DOUBLE'                   25            25            -1         ''       
    'EXP'        'SINGLE'                   17            17            -1         ''       
    'LOG'        'DOUBLE'                   34            34            -1         ''       
    'LOG'        'SINGLE'                   21            21            -1         ''       
    'MUL'        'DOUBLE'                   11            11            -1         ''       
    'MUL'        'SINGLE'                   11            11            -1         ''       
    'RECIP'      'DOUBLE'                   27            27            -1         ''       
    'RECIP'      'SINGLE'                   20            20            -1         ''       
    'RELOP'      'DOUBLE'                    1             3            -1         ''       
    'RELOP'      'SINGLE'                    1             3            -1         ''       
    'RSQRT'      'DOUBLE'                   36            36            -1         ''       
    'RSQRT'      'SINGLE'                   26            26            -1         ''       
    'SIN'        'SINGLE'                   36            36            -1         ''       
    'SQRT'       'DOUBLE'                   30            57            -1         ''       
    'SQRT'       'SINGLE'                   16            28            -1         ''

Generate Code

makehdl('sfir_single/symmetric_fir','FloatingPointTargetConfiguration',fpconfig, ...
        'TargetDirectory','C:/FloatingPoint/hdlsrc','SynthesisToolChipFamily','Arria10')

### Generating HDL for 'sfir_single/symmetric_fir'.
### Starting HDL check.
### Using C:\Altera\16.0\quartus\bin64\qmegawiz for the selected floating point IP library.
### The code generation and optimization options you have chosen have introduced additional pipeline delays.
### The delay balancing feature has automatically inserted matching delays for compensation.
### The DUT requires an initial pipeline setup latency. Each output port experiences these additional delays.
### Output port 0: 30 cycles.
### Output port 1: 30 cycles.
### Generating Altera(R) megafunction: altfp_add_single for latency of 6.
### Found an existing generated file in a previous session: (C:\FloatingPoint\hdlsrc\sfir_single\Altera\Arria10\unspecified\L6\altfp_add_single.vhd). Reusing the generated file.
### Done.
### Generating Altera(R) megafunction: altfp_mul_single for latency of 11.
### Found an existing generated file in a previous session: (C:\FloatingPoint\hdlsrc\sfir_single\Altera\Arria10\unspecified\L11\altfp_mul_single.vhd). Reusing the generated file.
### Done.
### Begin VHDL Code Generation for 'sfir_single'.
### Working on sfir_single/symmetric_fir as C:\FloatingPoint\hdlsrc\sfir_single\symmetric_fir.vhd.
### Generating package file C:\FloatingPoint\hdlsrc\sfir_single\symmetric_fir_pkg.vhd.
### Creating HDL Code Generation Check Report file://C:\FloatingPoint\hdlsrc\sfir_single\symmetric_fir_report.html
### HDL check for 'sfir_single' complete with 0 errors, 7 warnings, and 0 messages.
### HDL code generation complete.

The latency of the ADDSUB IP is 6 and not the maximum latency value of 14.

The generated VHDL code is saved in the hdlsrc folder.

Version History

Introduced in R2016b