General Description: Why does the fitter in XPLA Pro V3.31 ignore the pin assignments in the PAF file that was generated in the previous version?
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XPLA Professional Version 3.31 has transitioned the CoolRunner device part numbers from Philips to Xilinx part numbers. This change will only affect designs that meet the following criteria:
1. The design was created with a version of XPLA Professional prior to XPLA Professional 3.31.
2. The pin assignment file (.paf) is used for assigning pins to the design.
If these conditions are true, then the pin assignment file must be modified before the design can correctly be fit to a chip with the desired pin assignments. This is because the pin assignment file contains a Philips part number at the beginning of the file. The fitter will view the Philips part number and see that it doesn't match the Xilinx part number in the device selection comment.
To correct the part number:
1. In XPLA Pro, open the Pin Editor. You will notice that the graphic reflects the Xilinx part number for the device.
2. On the top menu bar, select Assignment -> Save. This will re-write your pin assignment file (.paf) with the new Xilinx part number.
You are now ready to compile and fit your design. Remember to set Pin Pre- assignment to KEEP and Pin Assignment Source to .PAF in the Properties window to instruct the fitter to keep the pin assignments listed in the PAF file.