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<title>GPIF</title>
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<p align="center"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="black"><b><a name="File"></a>File
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Menu</b></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black"><b><br> </b></font>
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<font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">The
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File menu allows GPIF Designer projects to be loaded from and saved
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to disk. It also provides a simple mechanism for starting
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fresh, with a pristine, new project. Finally, some non-waveform-specific
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project properties are also accessed from this menu.<br>
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<font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black"><b><a name="New"></a>New</b></font>
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<font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">The
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</font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|New
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</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">menu
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item erases all user-placed </font><a href="WavefmEditors.htm#ActionPoints"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">waveform
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action points</font></a><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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and resets all block diagram settings to default values
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for the selected chip.<br><br>Selection of </font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|New</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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will bring-up the </font><a href="BlockDiagram.htm#Chip"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">Chip
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Selection</font></a><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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dialog box. The selection of a chip is needed in order
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to determine default values for the new block diagram.<br><br>The
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</font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|New</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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item severs any attachment to a GPIF Designer project file.
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So, the </font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|Save</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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operation is temporarily disabled until the new project has
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been saved using the </font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|Save
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As . . .</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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menu item.<br> </font>
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<font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black"><b><a name="Open"></a>Open</b></font>
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<font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|Open</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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has the expected functionality of allowing the user to select
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a previously saved GPIF Designer project file.<br><br>When the
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program launches, the default directory for </font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|Open</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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is set to the directory in which GPIF Designer exectable file
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is located. When a Designer project file (.gpf) has been
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opened, the starting directory for </font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|Open</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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is set to the directory of the current project file.<br><br>One important side effect
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of </font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|Open</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black"> is that, if GPIF
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Designer finds a file named "app_note.htm" in the
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directory from which the project file is loaded, that file will
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be accessible from the </font><a href="HelpMenu.htm#Project"><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>This
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Project</i></font></a><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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item of the Help menu.<br><br>The name and path of the currently
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open (i.e. active) project file is displayed in the caption
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of the GPIF Designer main window.<br> </font>
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<font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black"><b><a name="Save"></a>Save</b></font>
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<font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|Save</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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writes all the block diagram and waveform information to the
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currently active GPIF Designer project file. The
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waveforms of all enabled </font><a href="ToolsMenu.htm#SelectBank"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">banks</font></a><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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are saved.<br> </font>
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</ul>
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<font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black"><b><a name="SaveAs"></a>Save
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As</b></font>
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<font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|Save
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As</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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prompts for a name and location of the new GPIF Designer project
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file in which to save all the block diagram and waveform information.
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After saving the data, the new file becomes the currently
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open (i.e. active) project file.<br><br>GPIF Designer project
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files should have the suffix .gpf. <br>
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</font>
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</ul>
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<font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black"><b><a name="Properties"></a>Properties</b></font>
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<font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">The
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</font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|Properties</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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menu item brings-up the Properties dialog box shown below.<br></font>
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<p align="center"><img src="images/FileProps.gif" width="432" height="327" border="0"></p>
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<p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black"><br>The
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</font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>Show
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vertical grid on waveform diagrams</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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checkbox allows modification of the waveform appearance
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to show or hide the vertical grid lines. Below is an example
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of a waveform without the grid lines. </font></p>
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<p align="center"><img src="images/NoGrid.gif" width="432" height="327" border="0"></p>
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<p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">By
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default, the vertical grid lines are turned-on when </font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|New</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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is invoked. This setting is saved along with all
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other parameters to the GPIF Designer project files (*.gpf)
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when the </font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|Save</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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or </font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|Save
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As</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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operations are performed. <br><br></font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><b><a name="DebugOutput"></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="black"><b>Debug
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Output</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">The
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</font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>Enable
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GPIF Debug Output on PE[2:0]</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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checkbox controls the value of the GSTATE bit (b2) of the IFCONFIG
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register. Check this box in order to read the values of
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GSTATE bits [2:0] on lines [2:0] of port E.<br> </font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><b><a name="EnableBanks"></a>Waveform
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Banks Enabled</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">GPIF
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Designer is able to manage up to 8 sets (i.e. banks) of waveform
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descriptors. Each bank consists of 4 waveform descriptors,
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which are displayed on the 4 waveform editor tab pages. At
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any one time, only one bank of waveform descriptors is displayed.
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However, the displayed bank of descriptors can be switched
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via the </font><a href="ToolsMenu.htm#SelectBank"><i><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black">Tools|Select
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Waveform Bank</font></i></a><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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menu item.<br><br>The number of waveform banks available is
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configured using the </font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>Waveform
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Banks Enabled</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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field of the </font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|Properties</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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dialog box. <br></font></p>
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<p align="center"><img src="images/FileProps.gif" width="432" height="327" border="0"></p>
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<p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">When the
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</font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>Tools|Export
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to GPIF.c</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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file menu item is invoked, waveform
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descriptor data structures are exported for all enabled banks. If
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more than 1 bank is enabled, the resulting "*.c" file will
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be larger
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and more complex.<br><br>It is more common to use the multiple
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banks to store variations of similar waveforms, for training purposes,
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than to actually generate multiple waveform descriptor data
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structures in an exported .c file.<br><br>By default, only 1
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waveform bank is enabled when </font><font face="Verdana,Arial" size="1" color="black"><i>File|New</i></font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="black">
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is invoked.</font></p>
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