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10-2 Vector Verification Vector and Pattern Management
Agilent 93000 SOC Series User Training Part 1, October 2004
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10-2 Vector Verification
In a vector verification and debugging scenario you will use the Vector
Setup Editor to access the vectors of individual labels and eventually
make some modifications. This section discusses how vectors are
displayed in the Vector Setup Editor using wavetables which define
physical waveforms.
“Vector Setup” on page 256 discussed the vector setup in the context of
pure physical waveforms. The section points out that you have to
specify a wavetable for the vector setup to map the physical waveform
indices of the vector memory to device cycle names which are
displayed in the Vector Setup Editor.
This remains valid when you use a wavetable defining logical wave-
forms (wavetable gross_func_wtb defined in section “Timing Setup
Based on Logical Waveforms and Data Parameters” on page 310).
In this case the physical waveform indices in the vector memory are
represented by device cycle names and additional values for the data
parameter(s) associated with the logical waveforms. So the vector
setup will be composed of device cycle names and data parameter
values.
For our setup, every pin will be associated with two columns:
• a device cycle column
• a data parameter column
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The Logical Waveforms will be discussed in the Lesson “Logical Wave-
forms” on page 307 in detail.
Defining a Display Format
Before you enter vectors, you have to define a suitable display format
of the vector data. The display format defines the columns (device cycle
and data parameter columns (only when using Logical waveforms) for
pins and pin groups) of the vector table.
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You should arrange the columns such that for every port the vector
table shows a Device Cycle column followed by vector data columns for
the various pins and pin groups (if there are any data parameters to be
edited).