Generators

Name

Generate - Interface with the generators

Synopsys

Generate ( model, modelname, param = dict )

Description

The Generate function call is the generic interface to all generators.

Arguments

• model : Specifies which generator is to be invoked
  • If the generator belongs to the Dpgen library provided by Stratus, the model name of the generator is simply the name of the class of the generator.
  • If the generator is created by the user, the model name of the generator must have the form : "file_name.class_name". (Note that if the the generator is not in the working directory, the directory of the generator to be instantiated has to be added in the CRL_CATA_LIB environment variable)
• modelname : Specifies the name of the model to be generated
• dict : Specifies the parameters of the generator

Parameters

Every generator has it's own parameters. They must be described in the map dict.
Every generator provides a netlist view. Two other views can be generated, if they are provided by the generator. Two parameters have to be given, in order to choose those views :

• 'physical' : True/False, generation of the physical view (optionnal, False by default)
• 'behavioral' : True/False, generation of the behavioral view (optionnal, False by default)

Example

You can see a concrete example at : Example

Errors

Some errors may occur :

• [Stratus ERROR] Generate : the model must be described in a string.

See Also

Introduction Netlist Layout