Menu Option | Shortcut | Description |
File | New | Ctl-x k |
Flushes the current circuit and begins a new one. A dialog box will prompt for a new circuit file and top-level block name. |
Open... | Ctl-x Ctl-f |
Flushes the current circuit and reads a new circuit from a file. |
Open Library... | Ctl-x Ctl-l |
Reads library modules from a file. The modules will be marked as library modules. Only
modules that to not supersede a current non-library module will be loaded. |
Save | Ctl-x Ctl-s |
Saves the current circuit to the current file. If there is no current file, TkGate
will prompt for a file name. |
Save... | Ctl-x Ctl-w |
Prompts for a file name and saves the circuit. The specified file name will become
the new current file. |
Print... | Ctl-x Ctl-p |
Prints a schematic diagram. Schematics can be printed directly to the printer
or to a file. |
Options... | Ctl-x o |
Brings up a dialog box allowing TkGate options to be set. |
Quit | Ctl-x Ctl-c |
Exits TkGate. |
Edit | Cut | Ctl-w |
Cuts the selected gates and inserts them into the cut buffer. |
Copy | Ctl-x x |
Copies the selected gates into the cut buffer. |
Paste | Ctl-y |
Pastes the contents of the cut buffer. If a mark is set, the gates will be
pasted at the mark postion. If no mark is set, the original position of the
gates in the cut buffer will be used. |
Select All | Ctl-x a |
Selects all gates. |
Find... | Ctl-f |
Searches for a gate or wire containing a substring. |
Align Vert. | | |
Positions the selected gates such that they are vertically aligned. |
Align Horz. | - |
Positions the selected gates such that they are horizontally aligned. |
Tool | Move/Connect | F1 |
Enables move/connect mode. |
Delete Gate | F2 |
Enables delete gate mode. |
Cut Wire | F3 |
Enables cut wire mode. |
Invert | F4 |
Enables invert port mode. |
Bit Width | F5 |
Enables set bit width mode. |
Rot 0 | Ctl-F1 |
Sets rotation for new gates to 0. |
Rot 90 | Ctl-F2 |
Sets rotation for new gates to 90. |
Rot 180 | Ctl-F3 |
Sets rotation for new gates to 180. |
Rot 270 | Ctl-F4 |
Sets rotation for new gates to 270. |
Circuit | Circuit Properties... | Ctl-x E |
Sets global properties of a circuit. |
Criticl Path... | Ctl-x r |
List the critical paths of a circuit. |
Simulate | Begin Simulation | Ctl-s b |
Starts a simulation. |
Run | Ctl-s g |
Puts the simulator into continuous simulation mode. |
Pause | Ctl-s s |
Puts the simulator into single-step mode. |
Step Epoch(s) | space |
Steps the simulator a fixed number of epochs. The step size can
be set in the TkGate options box. |
Step Cycle | tab |
Steps the simulator a fixed number of clock cycles plus a fixed number of epochs. The number of cycles and the overstep can be set in the TkGate
options box. |
Breakpoint... | Ctl-s k |
Creates a condition which will cause the simulator to transition from continuous simulation
mode to single step mode. |
Exec. Script... | Ctl-s x |
Reads simulation commands from a script file. |
Load Memory... | Ctl-s l |
Loads a memory(ies) from a file. |
Dump Memory... | Ctl-s d |
Dumps a memory to a file. |
Module | Open | > |
Opens the currently selected module instance. |
Close | < |
Closes the current module and makes the next module up on the module stack the current
module. Also exits from "module interface" mode. |
Set Interface | Ctl-b s |
Makes the interface of the currently selected module instance the default module interface. |
Edit Interfaces... | Ctl-b e |
Enters a mode allowing module interfaces for all module types to be edited. |
New... | Ctl-b n |
Creates a new module definition. |
Delete... | Ctl-b d |
Deletes a module definition. |
Copy... | Ctl-b c |
Copies a module definition to another module. |
Rename... | Ctl-b r |
Renames a module defintion. |
Claim... | Ctl-b l |
Convert a library module to a user module. |
Gate | Add Input | [ |
Adds an input to the currently selected gate. If the gate is a module instance,
a special cursor will appear and you can select the position for the port. |
Add Output | ] |
Adds an output to the currently selected gate. If the gate is a module instance,
a special cursor will appear and you can select the position for the port. |
Add Bidir | - |
Adds an inout to the currently selected gate. If the gate is a module instance,
a special cursor will appear and you can select the position for the port. |
Change Type | @ |
Changes the type (input, output or inout) of a port on a module instance. |
Anchor Selected | Ctl-x f |
Sets the anchor bit of all selected gates. Anchored gates can not be moved with the mouse. |
Unanchor Selected | Ctl-x u |
Unsets the anchor bit of all selected gates. |
Properties... | E |
Edit properties of the selected gate. |
Replicate | Ctl-v |
Make multiple replicas of a gate. |
Delete | del |
Delete the selected gate(s). |
Make | I/O | Switch | s | Make a switch. |
Dip Switch | d | Make a dip switch. |
Ground | g | Make a constant logic 0 element. |
Vdd | v | Make a constant logic 1 element. |
Wire Merge | w | Make a wire merge element. |
LED | l | Single bit LED |
LED Bar | l[n] | LED Bar Graph |
7-Seg. LED (HEX) | Lh | 7-Segment LED with hexidecimal encoding |
7-Seg. LED (DEC) | Ld | 7-Segment LED with decimal encoding. |
7-Seg. LED (Direct) | Ls | 7-Segment LED with direct encoding. |
Clock | c | Make a clock. |
Tty | T | Make a tty. |
Gate | AND | a | Make a AND gate. |
NAND | A | Make a NAND gate. |
OR | o | Make an OR gate. |
NOR | O | Make a NOR gate. |
XOR | x | Make an XOR gate. |
XNOR | X | Make an XNOR gate. |
Buffer | b | Make a buffer. |
Inverter | i | Make an inverter. |
Tri-Buffer | t | Make a tri-state buffer. |
NMOS | Ctl-t n | Make a NMOS transistor. |
PMOS | Ctl-t p | Make a PMOS transistor. |
Reduction | AND | Ctl-r a | Make a reduction AND gate. |
NAND | Ctl-r A | Make a reduction NAND gate. |
OR | Ctl-r o | Make a reduction OR gate. |
NOR | Ctl-r O | Make a reduction NOR gate. |
XOR | Ctl-r x | Make a reduction XOR gate. |
XNOR | Ctl-r X | Make a reduction XNOR gate. |
MSI | 2-1 Multiplexor | m | Make a 2-1 multiplexor. |
4-1 Multiplexor | M 4 | Make a 4-1 multiplexor. |
8-1 Multiplexor | M 8 | Make an 8-1 multiplexor. |
1-2 Decoder | D 2 | Make a 1-2 decoder. |
1-4 Decoder | D 4 | Make a 1-4 decoder. |
1-8 Decoder | D 8 | Make a 1-8 decoder. |
ALU | Adder | + | Make an adder. |
Multiplier | * | Make a multiplier. |
Divider | / | Make a divider. |
Left Shift | S L | Make a left shifter. |
Right Shift | S R | Make a right shifter. |
Arith. Right Shift | S A | Make an arithmetic right shifter. |
Roll | S O | Make a roll shifter. |
Memory | Register | r | Make a register. |
RAM | R | Make a random access memory. |
ROM | u | Make a read-only memory. |
Module | Module Instance | B | Make a module instance. |
Module Input | } | Make a module input port. |
Module Output | { | Make a module output port. |
Module InOut | = | Make a module inout port. |
Comment | C | Make a comment. |
Frame | F | Make a frame box. |