Description
A block design port is a special type of hierarchical pin, a pin on the top-level diagram. In block designs, the ports are primary ports communicating the external connection of the block design or diagram to the overall FPGA design, or system-level design.
Related Objects
The block design port, bd_port object, occurs in a block design, or diagram. It is connected by block design nets (bd_net) to the pins (bd_pin) of block design cells (bd_cell) in the diagram. You can query the bd_ports of the diagram, or those connected to block design nets.
get_bd_ports -of_objects [get_bd_nets]You can also query the block design nets connected to bd_port objects:
get_bd_nets -of_objects [get_bd_ports aux_reset_in]Properties
The specific properties on a block design port object can vary depending on the type of the port. The following table lists some of the properties assigned to a RESET type bd_port object in the Vivado Design Suite, with example values:
Property Type Read-only Visible Value
CLASS string true true bd_port
CONFIG.POLARITY string false true ACTIVE_LOW
DIR string true true I
INTF string true true FALSE
LEFT string false true
LOCATION string false true 130 560
NAME string false true aux_reset_in
PATH string true true /aux_reset_in
RIGHT string false true
TYPE string true true rst
To report the properties for a bd_port object, you can copy and paste the following command into the Vivado Design Suite Tcl shell or Tcl Console:
report_property -all [lindex [get_bd_ports] 0