create_pin - 2020.2 English

Vivado Design Suite Tcl Command Reference Guide (UG835)
Document ID
UG835
Release Date
2020-11-18
Version
2020.2 English

Create pins in the current design

Syntax

create_pin [‑from <arg>] [‑to <arg>] ‑direction <arg> [‑quiet] [‑verbose]
    <pins>...

Usage

Name Description
[-from] Starting bus index
[-to] Ending bus index
-direction Pin direction Values: IN, OUT, INOUT
[-quiet] Ignore command errors
[-verbose] Suspend message limits during command execution
<pins> Names of pins to create

Categories

Netlist

Description

Add single pins or bus pins to the current netlist of an open Synthesized or Implemented Design. You may define attributes of the pin such as direction and bus width, as well as the pin name.

Bus pins can be created with increasing or decreasing bus indexes, using negative and positive index values.

The pins must be created on an existing cell instance, or it is considered a top-level pin which should be created using the create_port command. If the instance name of a cell is not specified as part of the pin name, an error will be returned.
Note: You cannot add pins to library macros, or macro-primitives.
Netlist editing changes the in-memory view of the netlist in the current design. It does not change the files in the source fileset, or change the persistent design on the disk. Changes made to the netlist may be saved to a design checkpoint using the write_checkpoint command, or may be exported to a netlist file such as Verilog, VHDL, or EDIF, using the appropriate write_* command.
Note: Netlist editing is not allowed on the elaborated RTL design.

Arguments

-from <arg> - (Optional) The starting index of a bus pin.

-to <arg> - (Optional) The ending index of a bus pin.

-direction - (Required) The direction of the pin. Valid values are IN, OUT, and INOUT.

-quiet - (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.
Note: Any errors encountered on the command-line, while launching the command, will be returned. Only errors occurring inside the command will be trapped.
-verbose - (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.
Note: Message limits can be defined with the set_msg_config command.

<pins> - (Required) The name of the pins to create. You must specify the pin names hierarchically from the cell instance the pin is assigned to. Pins created at the top-level of the design are ports, and should be created with the create_port command.

Examples

The following example creates a new input pin on the cpuEngine module with the specified pin name: 
create_pin -direction IN cpuEngine/inPin
The following example sets the hierarchy separator, creates a new black box instance of the reference cell, and creates a twenty-four bit bidirectional bus for that instance: 
set_hierarchy_separator |  
create_cell -reference dmaBlock -black_box usbEngine0|myDMA  
create_pin -direction INOUT -from 0 -to 23 usbEngine0|myDMA|dataBus

See Also