Altera Virtual JTAG IP Core User Manual
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Figure 9: Compilation Report
Table 8: Virtual JTAG Settings Description
Description
Setting
Instance index of the virtual JTAG megafunction. Assigned
at compile time.
Instance Index
Details whether the index was auto-assigned.
Auto Index
Details whether the index was user-assigned.
Index Re-Assigned
Length of the Virtual IR register for this megafunction
instance; defined in the MegaWizard Plug-In Manager.
IR Width
The address value assigned to the megafunction by the
compiler.
Address
The length of the USER1 DR register. The USER1 DR register
encapsulates the VIR for all SLD nodes.
USER1 DR Length
Instruction value to capture the VIR of this megafunction
instance.
VIR Capture Instruction
The Tcl API provides a way to return the JTAG IR/DR transactions by using the
show_equivalent_device_ir_dr_shift
argument with the
device_virtual_ir_shift
and
device_virtual_dr_shift
commands. The following examples use returned values of a virtual IR/DR shift
to illustrate the format of the underlying transactions.
Virtual JTAG Megafunction (sld_virtual_jtag)
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