AN 799: Quick Intel® Arria® 10 Design Debugging Using Signal Probe and Rapid Recompile

ID 683757
Date 8/16/2018
Public

Check Connection Table in Fitter Report

When you compile a design with Signal Probe pins, Intel® Quartus® Prime software generates a connection report table. To see this report, click Processing > Compilation Report, open the Fitter > In-System Debugging folder, and click Connections to Signal Probe pins.

The Status column informs whether or not the routing attempt from the nodes to the Signal Probe pins succeeded.

Table 1.  Status of Signal Probe Connection
Status Description
Connected Routing succeeded.
Unconnected Routing did not succeed. Possible reasons are:
  • Node belongs to an IO cell or another hard IP, thus cannot be routed.
  • Node hierarchy path does not exist in the design.
  • Node is not Signal Tap: post-fitting.

Connections to Signal Probe Pins in the Compilation Report

Alternatively, you can find the Signal Probe connection information in the Fitter report file (<project_name>.fit.rpt).

Connections to Signal Probe Pins in top.fit.rpt

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
; Connections to Signal Probe pins                                               ;
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Signal Probe Pin Name : probey
Status                : Connected
Attempted Connection  : sprobe_me2
Actual Connection     : sprobe_me2
Details               :

Signal Probe Pin Name : wizard
Status                : Connected
Attempted Connection  : sprobe_me1
Actual Connection     : sprobe_me1
Details               :
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+