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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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