Chapter 4

Schematic Design Entry

This chapter contains the following sections:

• “Managing Schematic Designs”
  
  
• “Hierarchical Schematic Designs”
  
  
• “Manually Exporting a Netlist”
  
  
• “Creating a Schematic from a Netlist”
  
  
• “Miscellaneous Tips for Using the Schematic Capture Tool”
  
  

Refer to the “Top-Level Designs” section of the “Design Methodologies - Schematic Flow” chapter for several examples of top-level schematic designs.

Refer to the “Schematic (EDIF file) in a VHDL or Verilog Design” section of the “Design Methodologies - HDL Flow” chapter for an example of instantiating a schematic macro as a black box into a VHDL or Verilog design.