5.3 Place and Route

To place and route, perform the following steps:
  1. On the Design Flow tab, double-click Place and Route, a green tick mark appears as shown in Figure 5-3.
  2. To view I/O Editor in Transceiver view, on the Design Flow tab, double-click Manage Constraints.
  3. On the I/O Attributes tab, from the Edit drop-down list, click Edit with I/O Editor.
  4. In the I/O Editor, open XCVR View.

For DFE design, TX_PLL, XCVR_REF_CLK, and XCVR are constrained using the I/O Editor as shown in the following figure.

Figure 5-2. I/O Editor-Transceiver View