Timing Diagram Editing and Analysis

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  • Timing Diagram Editing and Analysis
  • Ultra-Quick Tutorial
  • Chapter 1: Signals and Waveforms
    • 1.1 Adding Signals and Signal Properties
    • 1.2 Drawing Waveforms
    • 1.3 Generating Waveforms and States with Equations
    • 1.4 Colors, Line Type, Size, and More Visual Controls
    • 1.5 Measuring Time and State values
    • 1.6 Shifting, Clearing, and Moving Edges
    • 1.7 Copy Signals or Waveforms
    • 1.8 Referencing Waveforms from Libraries
    • 1.9 Hiding Signals
    • 1.10 Base and Display Time Units
    • 1.11 Selecting, Moving, and Sorting Signals
    • 1.12 Searching Signal Names
    • 1.13 Escaping Signal Names with Strange Characters
  • Chapter 2: Clocks and Time Formulas
    • 2.1 Adding Clocks
    • 2.2 Inserting and Deleting Clock Cycles
    • 2.3 Grid Lines on Clocks and Signals
    • 2.4 Modeling Clock Skew with Delay Correlation
    • 2.5 Time Formulas for Clocks and Parameters
  • Chapter 3: Buses and Differential Signals
    • 3.1 Virtual Buses
    • 3.2 Group Buses
    • 3.3 Simulated Buses
    • 3.4 Differential Signals
    • 3.5 Converting Between Bus and Signal Types
    • 3.6 Symbolic State Names
  • Chapter 4: Simulated Signals and VHDL/Verilog Export
    • 4.1 Boolean Equations with Delays
    • 4.2 Register and Latch Equations
    • 4.3 Direct Signal Code
    • 4.4 Export VHDL and Verilog test benches
    • 4.5 HDL Code Generation Settings
    • 4.6 Report Window
    • 4.7 Simulator for Diagram Simulations
  • Chapter 5: Delay, Setup, & Hold Parameters
    • 5.1 Delays
    • 5.2 Setups and Holds
    • 5.3 Display Settings for Parameters
    • 5.4 Drawing and Editing Parameters
    • 5.5 Hiding Parameters
    • 5.6 Parameter Window Operations
    • 5.7 Time Formulas for Clocks and Parameters
  • Chapter 6: Text, Markers, and Samples
    • 6.1 Text
    • 6.2 Moving Text on the Alignment Grid
    • 6.3 Image and Logo Text Objects
    • 6.4 Highlight Areas with Text Objects
    • 6.5 Marker Lines
    • 6.6 Samples
    • 6.7 Japanese and other non-English Fonts
  • Chapter 7: Views, Images, and Printing
    • 7.1 Views in DataSheet Pro
    • 7.2 Zoom, Scroll, Search
    • 7.3 Images and Word Processors
    • 7.4 OLE- Object Linking and Embedding
    • 7.5 Printing
    • 7.6 Project Window for DataSheet Pro
    • 7.7 Style Sheets and Importing Styles
  • Chapter 8: Analog Display and SPICE
    • 8.1 Analog Waveform Display
    • 8.2 Waveform Equation Blocks for editable Analog waveforms
    • 8.3 Sine, Capacitor, Ramp & Exponential waveforms
    • 8.4 Display Edge Switching Thresholds
    • 8.5 Exporting SPICE Stimulus
    • 8.6 Importing SPICE waveforms
    • 8.7 Changing the Sampling Frequency of Waveforms
  • Chapter 9: Compare and Transaction Tracker Options
    • 9.1 Performing a Signal Compare
    • 9.2 Viewing Compare Differences
    • 9.3 Filtering Unimportant Differences
    • 9.4 Transaction Tracker
  • Chapter 10: Parameter Libraries and Merging Diagrams
    • 10.1 Adding Libraries, Specifications, and Macros
    • 10.2 Referencing and Viewing Library Parameters
    • 10.3 Making Parameter Libraries
    • 10.4 Merging Diagrams
    • 10.5 Self-Contained Timing Diagrams
  • Chapter 11: Simulator and Test Equipment Support
    • 11.1 Signal Names for export and import
    • 11.2 Import General Instructions
    • 11.3 Export General Instructions
    • 11.4 Map Signals to Test Equipment Pins
    • 11.5 Batch Mode & Command Line Options
    • 11.6 Agilent Logic Analyzer & Oscilloscope - Import
    • 11.7 Agilent Pattern Generator - Export and Import
    • 11.8 Agilent and HP file transfer instructions
    • 11.9 ALTERA Max Plus II Simulator - Export
    • 11.10 Pulse Instruments Pattern Generator - Export
    • 11.11 Spreadsheets - Import and Export
    • 11.12 STIL Test Vectors - Export
    • 11.13 TDML Support - Import and Export
    • 11.14 Tektronix Logic Analyzer & Oscilloscope - Import
    • 11.15 Tektronix Pattern Generator - Export
  • Chapter 12: General Tool Features
    • 12.1 Multiple Timing Diagram Windows
    • 12.2 Read Only, Auto Save, & Drag Loading
    • 12.3 Multiple Undo Redo
    • 12.4 Copy and Paste for Edit Boxes
  • Chapter 13: SDC Support
    • 13.1 Generate SDC Code
    • 13.2 SDC from Simulators/Logic Analyzers
    • 13.3 Linking and Editing SDC files
  • Appendix A: Menus and Colors
    • File Menu
    • Import/Export Menu
    • Edit Menu
    • Bus Menu
    • ParameterLibs Menu
    • Project Menu
    • Report Menu
    • View Menu
    • Options Menu
    • Window Menu
    • Colors and their Significance
  • Appendix B: Writing Waveperl Scripts
    • B.1 What is Perl?
    • B.2 Perl Data Types
    • B.3 Pattern Matching (Regular Expressions)
    • B.4 Notes on Writing Import/Export Scripts
    • B.5 Object Properties
    • B.6 Adding New Scripts
  • Appendix C: WaveFormer Lite Help
    • C.1 WaveFormer Lite Design Flow
    • C.2 WaveFormer Purchasing Options
    • C.3 Specifying Signal Types for Actel Fusion Analog Signals
    • C.4 Compiling Latest ModelSim Libraries

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