User Manual

Editors Chapter 3. Concepts
SerDes Configuration Editor
The SerDes Configuration Editor provides a graphical wizard for creating a SerDes IP configuration file
(.acxip). This view allows the user to generate the required configuration files for design with the
embedded 12G SerDes. Pages are accessed via

Back and Next

buttons.
By default, the SerDes Configuration Editor is included in the IP Configuration Perspective (Window →
Open Perspective → IP Configuration).
See also: Creating an IP Configuration
IP Diagrams
In the IP Diagram view for the SerDes Configuration Editor, there are two tabs (at the bottom) allowing the
user to view the two types of IP diagrams for the SerDes: Placement and Module.
Placement Diagram The IP Diagram view’s Placement Diagram shows the placement of the SerDes as
currently selected in the Editor. It also allows the user to click on the placement they want in the diagram
itself, and the placement settings in the Editor will be updated accordingly.
Figure 3.49: Placement Diagram – SerDes Configuration Editor
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