How to use 500 bit conversion analog to digital expression

This question makes no sense. Please explain more clearly what you are trying to do and what you have tried so far.

Andrew

"I have 500 output signals because I instantiated the same cell 500 times, resulting in 500 individual outputs. I want to convert these 500 signals into one analog-to-digital expression. In ADE XL, I selected the analog-to-digital conversion options and set the value range. However, even when I tried manually entering all 500 bits, ADE XL automatically limited the expression to only 149 bits. So, even in the worst case, it still truncates the output. How can I configure ADE XL so that all 500 signals appear in a single expression? I need all bits included in the output format after the setup, rather than being truncated to just 149."

"I have 500 output signals because I instantiated the same cell 500 times, resulting in 500 individual outputs. I want to convert these 500 signals into one analog-to-digital expression. In ADE XL, I selected the analog-to-digital conversion options and set the value range. However, even when I tried manually entering all 500 bits, ADE XL automatically limited the expression to only 149 bits. So, even in the worst case, it still truncates the output. How can I configure ADE XL so that all 500 signals appear in a single expression? I need all bits included in the output format after the setup, rather than being truncated to just 149."

RM202605273230 said:

In ADE XL, I selected the analog-to-digital conversion options and set the value range.

Where are you selecting "the analog-to-digital conversion options and set the value range"? Are you actually using ADE XL (which is an end-of-life product) or ADE Explorer/Assembler? 

Which IC sub-version are you using?

RM202605273230 said:

even when I tried manually entering all 500 bits, ADE XL automatically limited the expression to only 149 bits

Where did you "manually enter" all these bits?

I'm trying to work out exactly what you did, as it's (still) not clear.

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

To clarify the steps and the environment I am using, here are the details of my setup:

1. Tool and Environment Tool: I am indeed using Virtuoso Analog Design Environment XL. IC Sub-version: I am running IC6.1.8-64b.

2. Selecting "Analog-to-Digital" and Setting the Range in the Virtuoso Visualization & Analysis XL waveform viewer. From the top menu, I navigate to Measurements -> Analog To Digital. This opens the Analog to Digital dialog box, where I select the signal VT("/OUT<499:0>") and attempt to configure the threshold and logic center values.

3. Manually Entering the Bits / Expression Limitation I am entering the expression directly into the Outputs Setup tab of the main ADE XL window. Under the Details column for the expr type, I am using the awvCreateBus function combined with awvAnalog2Digital to stitch the bits into a single bitstring bus: value(awvCreateBus("OUT_BITSTRING" list(awvAnalog2Digital(VT("/OUT<31>")... When I manually expand this list to include all bits for the larger bus (up to 500 bits), the ADE XL expression field automatically truncates the string, cutting it off after it reaches roughly 149 bits. Even with the proper conversion process selecting "Analog-to-Digital" and setting the range in that dialog, it still reduces to 149 bits.

Please let me know if there is a more efficient function or a preferred method to handle large bit-width bus conversions in this version without hitting expression character limits.

sorry for the early message confusion