GUI Overview

LinkFab has mainly 2 windows, one is main window, another is connection window.

Main Window

Main window is used to browse whole design information, including loaded modules, design hierarchy, port’s wiring state of each instance, connection detail of ports. At the same time, hierarchy change, instance modification, parameter edition also can be done in this window.

• Navigation Window

  • Componet Pane

  • Hierarchy Pane

  • Constant Pane

• Content Window

  • Module port

  • Information Pane

• Log Window, to show LinkFab running message

• Command Entry, to run command directly

Main window consists of: Menu-bar, Tool-bar, Status-bar, Navigation Pane, Content Pane, Wiring Pane, Log Window and Command Entry.

Menu Bar

Navigation Pane

It consists of 3 Tabs: Component, Hierarchy, Constant.

Component Tab shows the loaded modules, with attributes: name, language, arch/conf if VHDL.

Hierarchy Tab shows design hierarchy. Drag & Drop can be used to change the hierarchy.

Constant Tab show constants used in the design, with name and value.

Content Pane

Content Pane shows ports when an instance is selected or a module is selected in the Navigation Pane.

Wiring Pane

Wiring Pane show connection detail of a port, when an instance port is selected.

Log Window

Log Window record the operation output, at the same time, the content is also written into a log file: linkfab.log.

Command Entry

User can type commands to manipulate design, just like GUI operation. Command Entry holds command history, type <UP> and <DOWN> keys to view the history commands.

Connection Window