HDL Coder Functions

Alphabetical List By Category

HDL Code Generation from MATLAB

MATLAB Algorithm Design

Hardware Modeling with MATLAB Code

hdl.RAM Single, simple dual, or dual-port RAM for memory read/write access
hdl.BlackBox Black box for including custom HDL code

System Objects

matlab.System Base class for System objects
matlab.system.mixin.Nondirect Nondirect feedthrough mixin class
matlab.system.StringSet Set of valid character vector values
hdl.RAM Single, simple dual, or dual-port RAM for memory read/write access
hdl.BlackBox Black box for including custom HDL code

Fixed-Point Conversion

codegen Generate HDL code from MATLAB code
coder.config Create HDL Coder code generation configuration objects
coder.approximation Create function replacement configuration object
coder.FixptConfig Floating-point to fixed-point conversion configuration object

Code Generation

codegen Generate HDL code from MATLAB code
coder.config Create HDL Coder code generation configuration objects
hdlcoder.CodingStandard Create HDL coding standard customization object
hdlsetuptoolpath Set up system environment to access FPGA synthesis software
coder.HdlConfig HDL codegen configuration object
hdl.BlackBox Black box for including custom HDL code

Deployment

Synthesis and Timing Analysis

hdlsetuptoolpath Set up system environment to access FPGA synthesis software

Speed and Area Optimization

coder.hdl.loopspec Unroll or stream loops in generated HDL code
coder.hdl.pipeline Insert pipeline registers at output of MATLAB expression

Model and Architecture Design

Model Design

checkhdl Check subsystem or model for HDL code generation compatibility
hdllib Display blocks that are compatible with HDL code generation
hdlsetup Set up model parameters for HDL code generation

Block Configuration

hdlset_param Set HDL-related parameters at model or block level
hdlget_param Return value of specified HDL block-level parameter for specified block
hdlsaveparams Save nondefault block- and model-level HDL parameters
hdlrestoreparams Restore block- and model-level HDL parameters to model
hdldispmdlparams Display HDL model parameters with nondefault values
hdldispblkparams Display HDL block parameters with nondefault values

Code Generation

Guided Code Generation

hdladvisor Display HDL Workflow Advisor
hdlsetup Set up model parameters for HDL code generation
hdlsetuptoolpath Set up system environment to access FPGA synthesis software

Programmatic Workflow

makehdl Generate HDL RTL code from model, subsystem, or model reference
makehdltb Generate HDL test bench from model or subsystem
hdlsetup Set up model parameters for HDL code generation
hdlsetuptoolpath Set up system environment to access FPGA synthesis software
hdlset_param Set HDL-related parameters at model or block level
hdlget_param Return value of specified HDL block-level parameter for specified block
hdlsaveparams Save nondefault block- and model-level HDL parameters
hdlrestoreparams Restore block- and model-level HDL parameters to model
hdldispmdlparams Display HDL model parameters with nondefault values
hdldispblkparams Display HDL block parameters with nondefault values

HDL Workflow Command Line Interface

hdlcoder.WorkflowConfig Configure HDL code generation and deployment workflows
hdlcoder.runWorkflow Run HDL code generation and deployment workflow
hdlcoder.WorkflowConfig.export Generate MATLAB script that recreates the workflow configuration
hdlcoder.WorkflowConfig.setAllTasks Enable all tasks in workflow
hdlcoder.WorkflowConfig.clearAllTasks Disable all tasks in workflow
hdlcoder.WorkflowConfig.validate Check property values in HDL Workflow CLI configuration object

Coding Standards

hdlcoder.CodingStandard Create HDL coding standard customization object

Verification

HDL Test Bench

makehdltb Generate HDL test bench from model or subsystem

Deployment

Synthesis and Timing Analysis

hdlsetuptoolpath Set up system environment to access FPGA synthesis software

Speed and Area Optimization

Speed Optimization

hdlcoder.optimizeDesign Automatic iterative HDL design optimization
hdlcoder.supportedDevices Show supported target hardware and device details
hdlcoder.OptimizationConfig hdlcoder.optimizeDesign configuration object

Hardware-Software Co-Design

Xilinx Zynq Platform

hdlcoder.Board Board registration object that describes SoC custom board
hdlcoder.ReferenceDesign Reference design registration object that describes SoC reference design

Altera SoC Platform

hdlcoder.Board Board registration object that describes SoC custom board
hdlcoder.ReferenceDesign Reference design registration object that describes SoC reference design

Standalone FPGA Boards

hdlcoder.Board Board registration object that describes SoC custom board
hdlcoder.ReferenceDesign Reference design registration object that describes SoC reference design
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