Step 3: Make Connections by Name

To create nodes that can be connected by name, follow these steps:

1. Click the Selection and Smart Drawing Tool button on the toolbar.

2. Draw a node line from the fifo symbol's rdclock input into an empty space.

3. With the Selection and Smart Drawing Tool, select the node line that is connected to the rdclock clock input port of the fifo symbol.

4. Choose Properties (right button pop-up menu). The General tab of the Node Properties dialog box appears automatically.

5. In the Name box, type clk as the name of the node.

6. Click OK. The signal clk is added to the node, and the name appears above the node line.

7. Repeat steps 1 through 6 to draw and name the nodes shown in the following table:

Draw Node From:	To:	Name Node:
aclr input port of fifo symbol	Empty space	clr
clock input port of tap symbol	Empty space	clk
clk0 input port of of mac symbol	Empty space	clk

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8. Choose Save (File menu). The stratix_filter design is complete.

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