Instantiate

The SmartDesign canvas accepts the following component types for instantiation:

Configured Microchip IP Cores
- Drag and drop from the Catalog
- IP cores must first be configured before they can be instantiated. If the IP core is not configured before instantiation, the drag and drop operation invokes the Core Configurator for the core to be configured.
User-generated or third-party IP Cores
- Drag and drop from the Catalog
HDL design files
- Drag and drop from the Design Hierarchy
HDL Core design files (from the Design Hierarchy)
- HDL core design files are parametrized HDL design files or HDL files with Buses attached
- Drag and drop from the Design Hierarchy
Basic macros
- Drag and drop from Macro Library section in the Catalog
Other SmartDesign components
- These are *.cxf files generated from SmartDesign in the current Libero SoC project or imported from other Libero SoC projects.
- Drag and drop from the Design Hierarchy
Re-usable design blocks
- These are *.cxz files published from Libero SoC and used as design blocks
- Drag and drop from the Design Hierarchy

Each of these design components, after instantiation, is identified by different colors in the Design Canvas. When you hover the over a component, a tool-tip appears with information about that component.

Table 1. Component Types in the SmartDesign Canvas and Tool-Tip
Icon	Type of Design Components	Tool-tip Information
	Configured IP Core Component	Component: my_pcie Core: PF_PCIE 1.0.217
	IP Core directly instantiated from the Catalog	Core: PF_PCIE 1.0.217
	Block (`*.cxz`) file	Block: prep1
	SmartDesign component (`*.cxf`) file	SmartDesign: mytop
	HDL Core	HDL Core: mux4
	HDL	HDL:adder_shifter32
	Macro	Macro: RAM64x12

The tool-tip displays the following information about the component:

Type of component
Name of component
Version of Core (for IP cores only)

The status icon is displayed at the top-right corner of the instance. Hovering over an instance, opens a tool-tip to display the information or message. For example, A new version is available.