Add Signal Probe Pin Dialog Box

The Add Signal Probe Pin dialog box allows you to create assignments for Signal Probe pins, including the node name, pin location, and source for a pin. You can specify the following settings when creating Signal Probe connections:

Important: If you target a supported device family ( Arria® V, Cyclone® series, MAX® II, Stratix® series), you can specify only the reserve_pin and io_standard keywords. You must make all other settings in the Change Manager or using Tcl scripts.
  • Source node name—Specifies the signal name that you want to route to the Signal Probe output pin in the Current and potential Signal Probe pins list.
Scripting Information

Keyword:reserve_pin

Settings:"as signalprobe output"

  • Pin location—Specifies the pin name for the first available pin. The list shows all available pin locations.
  • Signal Probe pin name—Specifies the node name that you want to assign to the pin selected in the Signal Probe pins list.
  • Clock—Specifies the clock signal name to use as a clock to register the output of the Signal Probe node. You must specify a clock signal name and the number of registers to use if you want to register the output of the Signal Probe node.
Scripting Information

Keyword:signalprobe_clock

Settings:<signalprobe clock name>

  • Registers—Specifies the number of registers to insert before the output of the Signal Probe pin. You must specify the number of registers to use and a clock signal name if you want to register the output of the Signal Probe node.
Scripting Information

Keyword:signalprobe_num_registers

Settings:<integer number of registers>

Note: More information about using Tcl scripts the Signal Probe feature is available on the Altera website.