Timeline for What template in Microsoft Visio would one use to lay out a digital design?
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| Jun 13, 2014 at 11:53 | vote | accept | Phyllostachys | ||
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| Oct 1, 2011 at 0:56 | comment | added | Phyllostachys | Indeed, I just need to lay out blocks because I'm designing in the Register Transfer Layer and coding the design directly into VHDL in Xilinx. All with the intent to get the design onto an FPGA. I think Kellenjb has the idea of what I'm seeking. | |
| Sep 26, 2011 at 14:08 | comment | added | Kortuk | @Kellenjb, but there is "...with the occasional logic gate." Sounds like the blocks represent groups of logic gates, maybe what you might use if you were designing the gate layout for something like an FPGA and connecting blocks of functions with a few gates inbetween. In all reality, we might just need more detail. | |
| Sep 26, 2011 at 13:47 | comment | added | Kellenjb | @Kortuk What makes me say what I did was "Flow charts are too generic and electrical circuit templates are too detailed.", "draw boxes with wires/buses connecting", and "the occasional logic gate". All of those point directly to a block diagram. Even with being able to draw your own blocks in a schematic capture program, it still doesn't seem like what he wants. | |
| Sep 26, 2011 at 9:16 | comment | added | Kortuk | @Kellenjb, I disagree, there are schematic capture programs that can support dealing with just that. They allow you to draw blocks that are your own "pieces" and logic gates and will be ready to deal with electrical nets automatically. I think just getting used to schematic drawing software is worth the time. You already know though I often use visio for block diagram functional decomposition of projects. | |
| Sep 26, 2011 at 6:20 | comment | added | stevenvh | I agree with Kellen here, Olin. For block diagrams you don't need individual components, less refdes's and net names. Visio is better suited for this than a schematic capture soft. | |
| Sep 25, 2011 at 23:28 | comment | added | Kellenjb | He already said that electrical circuits are too detailed. I don't see how using a schematic capture program helps with this at all. It sounds like he wants a detailed block diagram. | |
| Sep 25, 2011 at 21:58 | comment | added | Kortuk | like These | |
| Sep 25, 2011 at 21:34 | history | answered | Olin Lathrop | CC BY-SA 3.0 |