place_cell - 2020.2 English

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

Move or place one or more instances to new locations. Sites and cells are required to be listed in the right order and there should be same number of sites as number of cells.

Syntax

place_cell [‑quiet] [‑verbose] <cell_site_list>...

Usage

Name Description
[-quiet] Ignore command errors
[-verbose] Suspend message limits during command execution
<cell_site_list> a list of cells and sites in the interleaved order

Categories

Floorplan

Description

Places cells onto device resources of the target part. Cells can be placed onto specific BEL sites (e.g. SLICE_X49Y60/A6LUT), or into available SLICE resources (e.g. SLICE_X49Y60). If you specify the SLICE but not the BEL the tool will determine an appropriate BEL within the specified SLICE if one is available.

When placing a cell onto a specified site, the site must not be currently occupied, or an error will be returned: Cannot set site and bel property of instances. Site SLICE_X49Y61 is already occupied.

You can test if a site is occupied by querying the IS_OCCUPIED property of a BEL site: 
get_property IS_OCCUPIED [get_bels SLICE_X48Y60/D6LUT]
Note: The IS_OCCUPIED property of a SLICE only tells you if some of the BELs within the SLICE are occupied; not whether or not the SLICE is fully occupied.

This command can be used to place cells, or to move placed cells from one site on the device to another site. The command syntax is the same for placing an unplaced cell, or moving a placed cell.

When moving a placed cell, if you specify only the SLICE for the site, the tool will attempt to place the cell onto the same BEL site in the new SLICE as it currently is placed. For instance moving a cell from the B6LUT, by specifying a new SLICE, will cause the tool to attempt to place the cell onto the B6LUT in the new SLICE. If this BEL site is currently occupied, an error is returned.

Note: This command returns nothing if successful, or returns an error if it fails.

Arguments

-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.
<cell_site_list> - (Required) Specifies a list of cells and sites as {<cell_name> <site> }. The cell name is listed first, followed the BEL site or SLICE to place the cell onto. If the site is specified as a SLICE, the tool will select an available BEL within the SLICE. Multiple cells can be placed onto multiple sites by repeating the cell/site pair multiple times as needed: 
{<cell_name1> <site1> <cell_name2> <site2> \  
<cell_name3> <site3>... <cell_nameN> <siteN> }

Examples

The following example places the specified cell onto the specified BEL site: 
place_cell div_cntr_reg_inferredi_4810_15889 SLICE_X49Y60/D6LUT
The following example places the specified cell into the specified SLICE: 
place_cell div_cntr_reg_inferredi_4810_15889 SLICE_X49Y61
Note: The tool will select an appropriate BEL site if one is available. If no BEL is available, and error will be returned.
The following example places multiple cells onto multiple sites: 
place_cell  { \  
   cpuEngine/cpu_iwb_adr_o/buffer_fifo/i_4810_17734 SLICE_X49Y60/A6LUT \  
   cpuEngine/or1200_cpu/or1200_mult_mac/i_4775_15857 SLICE_X49Y60/B6LUT \  
   cpuEngine/cpu_iwb_adr_o/buffer_fifo/xlnx_opt_LUT_i_4810_18807_2 \  
   SLICE_X49Y60/C6LUT }

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