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Fusemaps for Lattice ispMach4000 CPLDs

This repo contains reverse-engineered fusemaps for most of the commonly available LC4k CPLDs from Lattice.

Data is provided in text files containing machine and human readable S-Expressions describing the fuse locations that control each feature. These are intended to be used to generate libraries so that CPLD configurations can be created using whatever programming language is desired. Existing libraries include:

If you build a library/bindings for another language, let me know so I can list it here!

Device List

TQFP44 TQFP48 TQFP100 TQFP128 TQFP144 csBGA56 csBGA64 csBGA132 csBGA144 ucBGA64 ucBGA132
LC4032V/B/C ✔️ ✔️
LC4032ZC ✔️ ✔️
LC4032ZE ✔️ ✔️
LC4064V/B/C ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
LC4064ZC ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
LC4064ZE ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
LC4128V ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
LC4128B/C ✔️ ✔️
LC4128ZC ✔️ ✔️
LC4128ZE ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️

LC4256 and larger devices are not supported at this time. Automotive (LA4xxx) variants likely use the same fusemaps as their LC counterparts, but that's just conjecture. Please don't use this project for any automotive or other safety-critical application.

Introduction

Please read through the Lattice datasheet for your device if you have not. Generally I have tried to use the same terminology for things as is used there. You can also reference the glossary at the end of this document if you are unsure of what an acronym or term means. You can find PDF and KiCAD format schematics showing the structure of each type of device in the schematics directory.

General Fusemap Layout

All LC4k devices have a logical layout of fuses into a 2D grid with either 100 or 95 rows, and a variable number of columns, depending on the number of GLBs in the device. The JEDEC files list these fuses one row after another, and when programming the device via JTAG each row is delivered in a separate SDR transaction.

Each GLB uses a chunk of at least 86 columns, and the GLBs are laid out side-by-side, however they are not generally ordered from left to right (the block for GLB "A" is not necessarily to the left of the block for GLB "B").

The first 72 rows contain PT and GI routing fuses. This part of the fusemap is densely packed; every single logical fuse corresponds to a bit of FLASH memory and controls the behavior of the device.

The remaining rows have a variety of uses, and are sparsely packed; most bits don't actually correspond to FLASH memory cells, and always read as a 1, even after attempting to program them to 0.

Generally there is a single column corresponding to each macrocell slice, containing fuses that configure that macrocell slice. These columns are arranged in groups of two, usually with 8 mostly-unused columns separating each pair. Devices that only have 95 rows only have a single I/O cell per pair of macrocells. Instead of placing all the I/O cell configuration fuses in the same column, half of the fuses are shifted over to the adjacent macrocell's column, reducing the total number of rows needed.

Each GLB has a few bits of block configuration which are placed in the "borders" to the left and right of the macrocell slice columns. This includes fuses for configuring block clock source/polarity, shared PT polarity, routing of the shared PT enable to the GOE bus, etc.

Finally, global configuration is typically placed in a small, vaguely ring-shaped structure at the right edge of one of the GLB regions. This includes configuration of input-only pins, GOE polarity, and oscillator/timer (in ZE devices).

S-Expression Files

The reverse-engineered fusemap for each device consists of a set of s-expression files in LC4xxx/LC4xxx*_*/.sx. There is also a combined file LC4xxx/LC4xxx*_*.sx which contains the data from all of the individual files. The meaning of the data in each particular file is explained below. If the syntax of any of the files is confusing to you after reading its corresponding section, please open an issue so I can try to document it better.

grp.sx (global_routing_pool)

Each GLB has 36 GI "slots" which (along with their complements) are used as inputs to the product terms in that GLB. Each GI can be selected from a fixed set of signals in the global routing pool. The options are different for each GI "slot" in the GLB, but every GLB in the device uses the same options for the same GI slot. The number of options for each slot depends on the device type (devices with more GLBs have more GRP signals, therefore in order to have multiple possible routings for each signal, each GLB must have more possible options).

For devices that have an even number of GI options, the option fuses are stored at the very left side of the GLB block, using N/2 columns (where N is the number of options). A "one-cold" encoding is used here; i.e. there is one fuse for each option, and only one fuse should be programmed to 0 for each GI.

For devices that have an odd number of GI options, the GLBs are organized into pairs, and each pair shares the same columns of GI routing fuses. The first row contains fuses for one of the GLBs, and the second row contains fuses for the other.

pterms.sx (product_terms)

Within the first 72 rows, each column (with the exception of the columns used for GI routing above) represents a single product term. Every pair of rows corresponds to a single GI slot, with the first row representing the non-inverted GI signal, and the second row representing the inverted version of the same signal.

Programming a fuse within a product term to 0 means the corresponding signal must be asserted in order for the product term to output true. Another way to think of this is that the fuse value is OR-ed with the signal, and the result is passed into the product term's AND gate. Therefore if no PT fuses are set to 0, the PT will always yield true. If both fuses are set to 0 for any GI, the PT will always yield false. When the lpf4k fitter wants to make a PT false, it sets all the fuses for the first dozen or so rowss to 0. It's not clear why they chose to set just those. It may be that setting just one pair to 0 might create static hazards if the GI mapped to that slot changes. But in that case wouldn't it be best to set all GI pairs to zeroes? In testing, that does seem to work as expected, so that's what I'd recommend doing. My best guess is that this could be a holdover from older device families that used sense amplifiers instead of fully CMOS logic. Setting all fuses to 0 might cause higher power usage in such devices.

Product terms are grouped into clusters of 5, with one cluster associated with each macrocell. Additionally, there are 3 extra product terms per GLB, which may be used for specific purposes, but are shared amongst all macrocells in the GLB. These PTs are always in the last 3 columns of the GLB's block.

cluster_routing.sx (cluster_routing)

Each product term can optionally be used for a special purpose related to that macrocell (see below), or they can be summed (OR-ed) together and fed into the macrocell's logic input.

Since a logic equation simplified to a sum-of-products often requires more than 5 product terms, a cluster can either keep it's sum for itself, or it can "donate" it to one of up to three nearby macrocells. Each cluster then creates a second sum from any intermediate sums that were routed to that cluster. A cluster can receive a "donation" (or multiple) even if it is not "keeping" it's own original sum. Therefore this second sum can represent up to 20 product terms, all with a constant propagation delay. Some specific clusters have a maximum of < 20 PTs:

  • The cluster for MC 0 can only receive a sum from cluster 1 or cluster 2, so including itself it has a maximum of 15 PTs.
  • The cluster for MC 14 can only receive a sum from cluster 13 or cluster 15, so including itself it has a maximum of 15 PTs.
  • The cluster for MC 15 can only receive a sum from cluster 14, so including itself it has a maximum of 10 PTs.

A cluster sum can only be routed to one other cluster; it can't be duplicated and sent to multiple neighboring clusters.

wide_routing.sx (wide_routing)

In cases where a very large number of product terms are needed, but very few outputs are needed, the output of the second sum above can be redirected to the cluster at index (N+4)%16 (where N is the current cluster index). This is referred to in the datasheets as "SuperWIDE(tm)" steering logic.

Note that this differs from cluster_routing in several ways:

  • It "wraps around", so cluster 15 can be routed to cluster 3.
  • It can be "chained" such that any macrocell in the GLB can potentially use every PT cluster, if no other MCs in the GLB need a cluster.
  • Using this feature increases the maximum propagation delay (but not equally; PTs that go through the wide routing will be slower than those in the final cluster's 20-PT group).

When a macrocell's cluster is routed away to another cluster, the macrocell sees a constant low (false) value as its logic input.

input_bypass.sx (macrocell_data)

A macrocell register's data/toggle input may be configured to come directly from the macrocell's input pad, instead of having to travel through the GRP, PTs, cluster routing, etc. This provides a reduced minimum setup time.

Technically this feature can also be used when the macrocell is configured for combinational logic, but there's not much point in doing so, since that just makes the macrocell feedback signal the same as the input buffer signal. You could use an ORM offset to create a tri-state line driver where the input and output are both pins, and the OE signal is controlled by the CPLD logic. This would yield the fastest possible propagation delay across the line driver, but if propagation delay is that critical, you'd probably be better off just outputting the OE signal and using an external tri-state buffer or bus switch.

zerohold.sx (zero_hold_time)

When a macrocell is configured as an input register, an extra delay can be added to bring the minimum hold time down to 0. This also means the setup time is increased. This is controlled by a single fuse that affects the entire chip. Registers whose data comes from product term logic are not affected by this fuse, because the internal propagation delays mean that no hold time is required anyway.

pt0_xor.sx (pt0_xor)

Each macrocell contains an XOR gate. The output of the XOR gate goes to the data/toggle input of the macrocell's register, and optionally to the macrocell feedback/ORM input (when the MC is in combinational mode).

One of the inputs to the XOR gate is always the logic input from the PT cluster router.

The second input of the XOR gate can be either a constant value, or the result of the macrocell's first product term, PT0. When it is sourced from PT0, that product term is removed from its cluster sum. When PT0 is not redirected, a logic 0 is fed to the XOR (optionally inverted; see below).

Note that the datasheets' macrocell schematic (fig. 5) depicts the input register mux feeding into one of the XOR inputs, however when testing real devices, we see that the XOR gate is bypassed completely when the input_register fuse is cleared. This implies that the input register mux is actually located after the XOR output. This makes sense, since the idea of the input register is to make the setup time as short as possible.

invert.sx (invert)

The second input of the XOR gate can be inverted using this fuse. When sourced from PT0, this means PT0 can be thought as a 36-input OR gate instead of a 36-input AND gate (via a De Morgan transformation; you must also use the complement of each PT0 input of course).

When the inverter is enabled, but the XOR is not sourced from PT0, the second XOR input becomes a constant high, so the logic sum from the PT cluster router is inverted. Again, one way to think of this is that you can use the macrocell as a product-of-sums instead of a sum-of-products.

mc_func.sx (macrocell_function)

Each macrocell can implement one of four fundamental circuits:

  • Purely combinational logic
  • Transparent latch
  • D flip-flop
  • T flip-flop

The latter 3 all act as single bit storage elements, and thus have some extra configuration that is irrelevant for combinational macrocells:

  • Clock source
  • Clock enable source
  • Power-up initialization
  • Asynchronous set/reset

These features are described below.

clock_source.sx (clock_source)

When a macrocell is used as a register, it needs a clock signal, which can be one of eight options:

  • Four block clock signals (see below)
  • The GLB's shared clock PT
  • The macrocell's PT1
  • The macrocell's PT1, inverted
  • A constant low/false

When it is sourced from PT1, that product term is removed from its cluster sum.

When the macrocell is configured as a D or T flip flop, the clock triggers on the rising edge. If if the source can be inverted, it effectively flips it to trigger on the falling edge.

When configured as a latch, it will be transparent when the clock signal is high, and latched when the clock signal is low.

bclk_polarity.sx (bclk_polarity)

The four BCLK clock selection options come from dedicated input pins (usually four, but some devices only have two). Using these avoids the need to use macrocell PTs or the GLB's shared clock PT for the clock. The polarity of these clocks can be configured independently for each GLB. It is configured in fixed pairs, where each BCLK can be either the non-inverted version of one of the clocks, or the inverted version of the other clock. So you can have both clocks non-inverted, both clocks inverted, or a complementary pair of either clock.

ce_source.sx (clock_enable_source)

The clock enable inhibits the updating of the register contents when it is high. It has no effect when the macrocell is configured for combinational logic.

For transparent latches, it works effectively as if the clock were ANDed with the CE; as long as both are high, the latch is in transparent mode; if either goes low, it latches the current value.

For D and T flip flops, this means as long as the CE is low during the triggering edge, there will be no change that cycle. This is not the same as simply ANDing the CE with the clock signal; the CE does not need to remain low for the entire duration that the clock is high.

There are four possible sources for the CE signal:

  • The macrocell's PT2
  • The macrocell's PT2, inverted
  • The GLB's shared clock PT
  • A constant high/true

The shared clock PT is the same one that's used as an option for the clock, and within a GLB, the same PT can be used as a clock for some MCs and a CE for others.

When it is sourced from PT2, that product term is removed from its cluster sum. Note that PT2 can also be used for an async set/reset signal (see below).

shared_pt_clk_polarity.sx (shared_pt_clk_polarity)

Each GLB's shared clock PT can optionally be inverted. This affects all usages within the GLB, both as a clock and a clock enable.

init_state.sx (init_state)

When a macrocell is configured as a register, its initial state at power-up can be configured. This configuration can be selected independently for each macrocell.

init_source.sx (init_source)

When a macrocell is configured as a register, an signal can be used to asynchronously set or reset the register to its power-up state. While this signal remains high, the macrocell is forced into its power-up state.

There are only two options for the source of this signal:

  • The macrocell's PT3
  • The GLB's shared init PT

This means that if the GLB's shared init PT is not a constant false, any registers in that GLB that don't want to use a reset signal must use PT3 as a constant false instead.

It PT3 is used as the source, that product term is removed from its cluster sum.

shared_pt_init_polarity.sx (shared_pt_init_polarity)

Each GLB's shared initialization PT can optionally be inverted.

async_source.sx (async_source)

An optional second asynchronous set/reset signal can be sourced from PT2. While the signal remains high, the macrocell is forced into the complement of its power-up state.

Note also that PT2 can also be used as a source for the CE signal, and while it is possible to simultaneously use it for both, generally you wouldn't be able to use the same PT logic for both, so this generally you'd use it for one or the other.

When PT2 is used as an async set/reset, that product term is removed from its cluster sum.

pt4_oe.sx (pt4_output_enable)

When this fuse is programmed, PT4 is removed from the macrocell's cluster sum, and instead routed to the ORM. From there it can be selected as an output enable signal for this macrocell's output, or certain nearby macrocells (see below).

When not used, the OE signal presented to the ORM is a constant false.

output_routing.sx (output_routing)

Normally a macrocell slice's I/O cell will output the signal produced by it's corresponding macrocell, however there is a built-in "output routing multiplexer" (ORM) that allows limited redirection to take the output signal from a macrocell offset of up to +7 instead.

Note that this offset wraps around as well, so the I/O for MC 15 can be selected from MC 0-6 as well.

The PT4 OE signal (if used) is also routed from the same MC.

output_routing_mode.sx (output_routing_mode)

For non-ZE family devices, the ORM can be bypassed, which slightly decreases the output delay. Additionally, the entire macrocell logic block can be bypassed if only a combinational logic output is needed, with a maximum of 5 PTs. There are several options available:

  • Output the normal signal selected by the ORM
  • Bypass the ORM and always output the feedback signal from this macrocell, regardless of the ORM configuration
  • Output this cluster's 5-PT sum
  • Output this cluster's 5-PT sum, inverted

None of these options affect the routing of the PT4 OE signal; it always goes through the ORM routing.

When one of the 5-PT sum options is used, the PT cluster is still routed using the normal cluster routing rules as well, unlike when individual PTs are redirected for a special use. It's possible to still use the buried macrocell, but you have to be careful to isolate the original 5-PT cluster sum, e.g.

  • Route it to another cluster
  • Route another always true cluster in and use PT0 for a single PT macrocell
  • Use the buried macrocell as an input register

oe_source.sx (output_enable_source)

Each I/O cell's output driver is active when its output enable signal is high. The OE signal can be selected from one of 8 sources:

  • One of 4 global output enables
  • The PT4 output enable signal from the ORM
  • The PT4 output enable signal from the ORM, inverted
  • A constant high (output only)
  • A constant low (input only)

goes.sx (goe_polarity)

All devices have 4 global OE signals. The polarity of these signals can be configured globally, and their source depends on the device.

Sources for LC4032 devices:

  • GOE0: Shared PT OE bus bit 0
  • GOE1: Shared PT OE bus bit 1
  • GOE2: A0 input buffer
  • GOE3: B15 input buffer

Sources for other devices:

  • GOE0: Selectable; either shared PT OE bus bit 0, or specific input buffer noted in datasheet
  • GOE1: Selectable; either shared PT OE bus bit 1, or specific input buffer noted in datasheet
  • GOE2: Shared PT OE bus bit 2
  • GOE3: Shared PT OE bus bit 3

goes.sx (shared_pt_oe_bus)

The shared PT OE bus is a set of 2 or 4 (depending on the device type, as above) global signals where each bit can be connected to any of the GLBs' shared enable PT (note this is shared with the power guard feature on ZE devices).

If multiple GLBs are configured to drive the same PT OE bus line, it will behave as if only the first (lowest numbered) GLB were used. It might have been convenient if they had summed the PTs in this case, but alas, for some reason they didn't.

If no GLBs are configured to drive a PT OE bus line, it is pulled high (if the polarity fuse is 1) or low (if the polarity fuse is 0). There's really no reason to utilize this though, since each output cell can be configured for "always output" or "always high impedance" without using any GOE signal.

drive.sx (drive_type)

One fuse per output controls whether the output is open-drain or push-pull.

Open-drain can also be emulated by outputing a constant low and using OE to enable or disable it, but that places a lot of limitation on how much logic can be done in the macrocell; only a single PT can be routed to the OE signal.

slew.sx (slew_rate)

One fuse per output controls the slew rate for that driver. According to the datasheet, using the slow slew rate adds approximately 1ns to the output buffer propagation delay, which means rise and fall times are likely about twice as long as normal.

threshold.sx (input_threshold)

The Lattice fitter allows each input signal's voltage standard to be selected from around a half dozen choices, including:

  • 1.8V LVCMOS
  • 2.5V LVCMOS
  • 3.3V LVCMOS
  • 3.3V LVTTL (5V-tolerant)
  • 3.3V PCI (5V-tolerant)

The datasheets and IBIS models are quite vague about the actual input structure used in the devices, but it turns out this configuration only affects one fuse per input, so it seems that this fuse selects either a high or low input transition threshold. Generally speaking, the high threshold is suitable for either 2.5V or 3.3V signals, and the low threshold is for 1.8V or 1.5V signals.

Additionally, the datasheet mentions that inputs are only 5V-tolerant when VCCO is 3.3V, so the protection diodes probably clamp relative to that rail rather than VCC.

The following are mostly guesses for the actual Vth based on the published limits in the datasheet, and assuming that the threshold is always referenced to VCC, as opposed to using VCCO or an internal fixed voltage reference.

Vth -V -B -C/-ZC -ZE
low 0.28×VCC 0.36×VCC 0.5×VCC 0.5×VCC
high 0.4×VCC 0.5×VCC 0.73×VCC 0.68×VCC (falling edge)
0.79×VCC (rising edge)

bus_maintenance.sx (bus_maintenance)

2 fuses allow selection of one of four input termination options: * pull up * pull down * bus-hold * floating/high-Z In ZE family devices, this can be configured separately for each input pin. In other families, there is only a single set of fuses which apply to the entire device.

bus_maintenance.sx (bus_maintenance_extra)

On certain non-ZE devices, setting bus maintenance to floating causes the fitter to toggle additional fuses beyond the two global bus maintenance fuses. This only happens on devices where the die has I/O cells that aren't bonded to any package pin. (e.g. TQFP-44 packages) Normally, these extra I/O cells are left as inputs, but if inputs are allowed to float, this could cause excessive power usage, so the fitter turns them into outputs by setting the appropriate OE mux fuses.

power_guard.sx (power_guard)

In ZE-family devices, input signals can be "masked" so that high frequency signals don't propagate very far through the chip when not needed. This can reduce dynamic power consumption. Normally, power guard is disabled when the GLB's shared enable PT is high. Power guard can also be permanently disabled for individual inputs using a fuse defined here. That may be necessary if you need to use the shared enable PT for a GOE.

osctimer.sx (osctimer)

ZE-family devices contain a low-accuracy 5 MHz oscillator, and a divider that can drop it down to lower frequencies. When enabled, these signals replace the macrocell feedback signals for specific macrocells.

Fitter Bugs & Uncertainties

In the process of trying to get the LPF4k fitter to do what I want, I've encountered a handful of bugs, as well as some limitations which make it impossible to exercise certain hardware features. In these cases, I've done my best to manually reverse engineer with real hardware, but I don't have access to every device variant, so I've also had to make some assumptions. I'll try to document those here.

Fitter won't route all GOEs

Even though there are four GOEs in every device, the fitter will never route more than two of them in any particular design. If you add more unique equations than that, it'll start using PT4 as individual OE for the extra ones. I tried adding a bunch of dummy logic product terms so that there isn't a free PT available, but that doesn't convince it to do otherwise; it'll just shout about failing to allocate everything.

It's also impossible to force the fitter to place a shared PT OE in a specific GLB. This means I've had to make some assumptions about the locations of the shared PT OE bus fuses, but based on testing with LC4032ZE and LC4064ZC devices, I would be surprised if they don't hold for all devices.

Negated GOE signals

When attempting to use a suffix of .OE- to create an active-low GOE, the fitter report lists the correct equations, but the JEDEC file that results is identical to one that just used .OE. In order to coerce it to actually program the GOE polarity fuse, you can invert the source signal instead, but that only works when it's coming directly from an OE pin. Otherwise it will just use the complemented signal in the shared PT OE. This means it's really only possible to locate two of the GOE polarity fuses per device. We have to infer the locations of the others by assuming that they're all in a contiguous block.

Fitter won't set shared PT init polarity

Somewhat similar to the bug above, the fitter will refuse to route a design that uses .AR- or .AS-. Presumably this is because it's not able to invert the output of PT3 when that's used for initialization. But when coming from the shared PT, there is a configurable polarity; it's just impossible to get the fitter to use it. As above, if you invert a single signal, it will just encode that in the shared PT itself. So again, we have to infer the location of this fuse based on where we know the shared PT clock polarity fuse is, with hardware testing for verification.

LC4128ZE_TQFP100 Missing Power Guard fuse for CLK0

Enabling a power guard instance for this pin on this particular device does not cause any fuse to be written. The fitter does not give any warnings however, and the dedicated clock power guard fuses for other package variants match this one, except for this one fuse. This leads me to assume that one line in the fitter source code probably got deleted or something, causing it to skip this fuse. I added a special case to force this to the fuse it (very likely) should be.

LC4064ZC_csBGA56 Dedicated Inputs

The datasheet lists that this device has 32 I/Os and 12 input-only pins (4 clocks and 8 dedicated inputs). I believe that two of the 8 dedicated inputs are actually just connected to regular macrocells.

There is quite a bit of evidence supporting this assumption:

  • No other LC4064 or LC4128 packages have more than 6 dedicated inputs, even though some devices (e.g. LC4064ZC_csBGA132) have unconnected pins. One would think if the die actually had 8 dedicated inputs, they would connect them to pins when possible.
  • The LC4064s in TQFP-44 use a trick where only half the macrocells have corresponding I/O cells, resulting in a reduced JEDEC height of 95, but this device has a JEDEC height of 100, so internally it likely has the full complement of 64 I/O cells, with half of them unconnected.
  • The GI routing fuses used for ball F8 are exactly the same as the fuses for macrocell C12's I/O in packages that expose it.
  • The GI routing fuses used for ball E3 are exactly the same as the fuses for macrocell A15's I/O in packages that expose it.

Therefore, in the pins.csv file, I've listed balls E3 and F8 as I/Os corresponding to macrocells A15 and C12, respectively. Attempting to assign these pins as outputs causes the fitter to spit out a warning, so there are some fuses that I can't reverse engineer using the fitter. In these cases I'm just copying the fuse locations from the corresponding macrocell in the LC4064ZC_TQFP100 package, under the assumption that it uses the same die.

Additionally, there appears to be a fitter bug relating to the input threshold fuse for balls F8 and E1. The fitter toggles two input threshold fuses for the input on ball E1, and no fuses for the input on ball F8. Since F8 is one of the "weird" dedicated inputs, I'm using the C12 macrocell's input threshold fuse from the TQFP100 package for that one, just like I do for the output configuration fuses. Then I can just exclude that fuse from the fuses the fitter toggled for ball E1, which yields only one remaining correct fuse for that ball.

I don't have any of these devices to test physically, so to be safe, you may just want to avoid using balls E1, E3, and F8 entirely for this particular device.

Fitter Report missing GI data

For LC4064ZC_csBGA56, the second column (GIs 18-35) doesn't always show up in the fitter GI summary. For some other devices, "input only" pins are incorrectly listed as sourced from a macrocell feedback signal. e.g. for LC4128ZC_TQFP100, pin 12's source is listed as "mc B-11", but the GI mux fuse that's set is one of the ones corresponding to pin 16 in LC4128V_TQFP144; which is MC B14 and ORP B^11 in that device. So it seems the fitter is writing the I/O cell's ID in this case, rather than the actual pin number.

Glossary

GLB

Generic Logic Block: A group of 36 GIs, 83 PTs, 16 MCs, and the other logic associated with them. Each device contains two or more GLBs.

GRP

Global Routing Pool: the set of all signals that can be used as inputs to a GLB. This includes all I/O cell pins, feedback from all MCs, dedicated clock pins, and (in some devices) dedicated input pins.

GI

Generic Input: One of 36 signals per GLB which can be used in that GLB's product terms.

PT

Product Term: Up to 36 signals (or their complements) ANDed together.

MC

Macrocell: A single flip-flop or combinational logic "output".

MC Slice

Macrocell Slice: A 5-PT cluster, macrocell, routing logic, and I/O cell. Each GLB contains 16 MC Slices, along with the 3 shared PTs, BCLK and GI configuration.

ORM

Output Routing Multiplexer: Allows macrocells and their associated OE product term to be shunted to a different nearby pin.

BCLK

Block Clock: Each GLB ("Block") can independently configure the polarity of the dedicated clock inputs.

BIE

Block Input Enable: For ZE-family devices, inputs can be dynamically masked to reduce power consumption.

GOE

Global Output Enable: Up to four signals which can come from specific input pins, or from the BIE shared PTs.

CE

Clock Enable

LE

Latch Enable

AS

Asynchronous (pre)Set

AR

Asynchronous Reset/clear

TODO

  • Refactor routing jobs to use common.ClusterRouting, common.WideRouting
  • Hardware experiments
    • Why are there two fuses to enable the OSCTIMER? what happens if only one is enabled? (or none, but divider/outputs are enabled)
    • Do OSCTIMER outputs only replace the GRP feedback signals when enabled, or also the signal that goes to the ORM?
    • Can you use input register feedback on MCs that aren't connected to pins? (e.g. LC4064x TQFP48)
    • What happens if you violate the one-cold rule for GI fuses?