Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Debug Tools

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Date 10/02/2023
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8.5.4. Using the In-System Sources and Probes Service

The In-System Sources and Probes (ISSP) service provides scriptable access to the In-System Sources and Probes Intel® FPGA IP in a similar manner to using the In-System Sources and Probes Editor in the Intel® Quartus® Prime software.

ISSP Service

Before you use the ISSP service, ensure your design works in the In-System Sources and Probes Editor. In System Console, open the service for an ISSP instance:

set issp_index 0
set issp [lindex [get_service_paths issp] 0]
set claimed_issp [claim_service issp $issp mylib]

View information about this particular ISSP instance:

array set instance_info [issp_get_instance_info $claimed_issp]
set source_width $instance_info(source_width)
set probe_width $instance_info(probe_width)

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software reads probe data as a single bitstring of length equal to the probe width:

set all_probe_data [issp_read_probe_data $claimed_issp]

As an example, you can define the following procedure to extract an individual probe line's data:

proc get_probe_line_data {all_probe_data index} {
    set line_data [expr { ($all_probe_data >> $index) & 1 }]
    return $line_data
}
set initial_all_probe_data [issp_read_probe_data $claim_issp]
set initial_line_0 [get_probe_line_data $initial_all_probe_data 0]
set initial_line_5 [get_probe_line_data $initial_all_probe_data 5]
# ...
set final_all_probe_data [issp_read_probe_data $claimed_issp]
set final_line_0 [get_probe_line_data $final_all_probe_data 0]

Similarly, the Intel® Quartus® Prime software writes source data as a single bitstring of length equal to the source width:

set source_data 0xDEADBEEF
issp_write_source_data $claimed_issp $source_data

You can also retrieve the currently set source data:

set current_source_data [issp_read_source_data $claimed_issp]

As an example, you can invert the data for a 32-bit wide source by doing the following:

set current_source_data [issp_read_source_data $claimed_issp]
set inverted_source_data [expr { $current_source_data ^ 0xFFFFFFFF }]
issp_write_source_data $claimed_issp $inverted_source_data