Design Check: Oscillator Messages

When you check your design, the Interface Designer applies design rules to your configuration settings. The following tables show some of the error messages you may encounter and explains how to fix them.

osc_rule_clock_name (error)

Message Clock pin name is not specified
Valid characters are alphanumeric characters with dash and underscore only
To fix Specify a valid clock name.

osc_rule_ena_pin_transceiver (error)

Message The oscillator clock cannot be tri-state and has to be free running for <transceiver type> usage
To fix Remove the enable pin name.

osc_rule_frequency (error)

Message Invalid frequency <value>
Unrecognized frequency <value>
To fix The oscillator only supports 10, 20, 40, or 80 MHz frequencies, so choose one of those.

osc_rule_instance_count (error)

Message There can only be one oscillator instance
To fix Topaz FPGAs only have one oscillator, so you can only use one oscillator block.

osc_rule_inst_name (error)

Message Instance name is empty
Valid characters are alphanumeric characters with dash and underscore only
To fix Specify a valid instance name.

osc_rule_resource (error)

Message Resource name is empty
Resource is not a valid oscillator device instance
To fix Although Topaz FPGAs only have one oscillator, you still need to choose the resource when you create an oscillator block.