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short a particular device terminals while probing a net

GTRam
GTRam over 11 years ago

Hi,

     I'm looking for a way to short the terminals for a particular instance while probing in the schematic. The following is the requirement

1. I have some device kind of ammeter in the schematic which separates the net in terms of schematic connectivity but electrically they are the same nets.

2. So while probing the net in schematic, the probe stops at the first appearence of ammeter. 

3. I wanted the probe to jump such devices and continue probing.

I was partially successfull  thruough skill as follows

1. find the instances connected to the desired net

2. Look for an ammeter and get the other terminal net

3. repeat 1 and 2 untill the bottom of the hierarchy.

 

The problem is my script takes longer timer to probe since I have written it in a recursive manner and dbOpenCellViewByType is a time consuming step. My question is

Is there any other way to do this or can we modify how the probe works? There are no options under F3

How can I speed up hierarchy travel?

 

Thanks

GTRam

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 11 years ago

    This can be done from IC615 ISR7 (I think) onwards. Search in cdnshelp (Help->Documentation in the CIW) for "Probing a feedthrough net" and you'll find the relevant section which tells you how to turn this on and register the "feedthrough" device.

    Having done that, you can probe a net and it will probe through your ammeters.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 11 years ago

    This can be done from IC615 ISR7 (I think) onwards. Search in cdnshelp (Help->Documentation in the CIW) for "Probing a feedthrough net" and you'll find the relevant section which tells you how to turn this on and register the "feedthrough" device.

    Having done that, you can probe a net and it will probe through your ammeters.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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