HDT, hdt-2.0

Adding Altera_MF to your project (Cheat Sheet)

Posted Thu, 2012-01-05 11:25 by heeckhau (Sigasi)

I have created a Sigasi (Eclipse) Cheat Sheet to assist you in adding the Altera MegaFunctions (altera_mf) to your Sigasi project.

This Cheat Sheet will be part of the next release. But you can already run it today via:

  1. Click Help > Cheat Sheets..
  2. Click Enter the URL of a cheat sheet and
  3. Enter http://www.sigasi.com/sites/www.sigasi.com/files/AlteraMF.xml
  4. Click OK

This should make it easier to add Altera_MF to your project.

If you spot any typos/errors, let me know.

Hendrik.

The magic of Sigasi's type-time compiler. Part 2: Builder

Posted Fri, 2011-12-23 10:22 by heeckhau (Sigasi)

In my previous blog post, I explained about the different Models (internal representations) that Sigasi builds to provide all the exciting Sigasi features. Today, I will explain the different phases of how these models are build. I also added screenshots of the progress view in the different phases. This should help you understand what is going on.

Multiple pass builder

Sigasi builds the Model by iterating over all your VHDL files in multiple passes. During the first pass Sigasi parses each VHDL file separately.

The magic of Sigasi's type-time compiler. Part 1: Models

Posted Thu, 2011-12-22 16:22 by heeckhau (Sigasi)

How does your Sigasi editor gather all information on your projects to enable features like navigation, outline, hovering, linting, refactorings …? And how did they make it so fast that it works while you type? And how does Sigasi keeps its memory footprint under control?

This blog post tries to shed some light on the apparent magic behind Sigasi 2.x. In this blog I explain Sigasi's datastructures. A follow-up blog will explain how these datastructures are built. This should make you understand what the messages in the progress view mean.

Adding XilinxCoreLib to your project (Cheat Sheet)

Posted Wed, 2011-12-21 16:24 by heeckhau (Sigasi)

Lots of users are struggling today to add XilinxCoreLib to their project in Sigasi. We plan to make a wizard to make this process easier. But in the mean time I have created a Sigasi (Eclipse) Cheat Sheet to assist you in this process.

This Cheat Sheet will be part of the next release.

Sigasi Keyboard shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Posted Fri, 2011-12-09 22:01 by heeckhau (Sigasi)

I created a new cheat cheat with the most important keyboard shortcuts you should know when working with Sigasi. I marked my favorites with a yellow background.

A great way to boost your productivity even more.

Hendrik.