5. Hammer Use

This documentation will walk through more advanced features of the Hammer infrastructure. You will learn about Hammer’s APIs, flow control, how to write hooks, the supported build infrastructure, and how to set up hierarchical flows.

Hammer Use:

• 5.1. Hammer IR and Meta Variables
  • 5.1.1. Hammer IR
  • 5.1.2. The hammer-config library
  • 5.1.3. Basics
  • 5.1.4. Overriding
  • 5.1.5. Meta actions
  • 5.1.6. Applying multiple meta actions
  • 5.1.7. Common meta actions
  • 5.1.8. Type Checking
  • 5.1.9. Key History
  • 5.1.10. Key Description Lookup
  • 5.1.11. Reference
• 5.2. Hammer APIs
  • 5.2.1. Power Specification
  • 5.2.2. Timing Constraints
  • 5.2.3. Floorplan & Placement
  • 5.2.4. Bumps
  • 5.2.5. Pins
  • 5.2.6. Power Straps
  • 5.2.7. Special Cells
  • 5.2.8. Submission
• 5.3. Flow Control
  • 5.3.1. Command-line Interface
• 5.4. Extending Hammer with Hooks
  • 5.4.1. Hook Methods
  • 5.4.2. Including Hooks
  • 5.4.3. Technology, Tool, and User-Provided Hooks
• 5.5. Flowgraphs
  • 5.5.1. Construction
  • 5.5.2. Running a Flowgraph
  • 5.5.3. Visualization
  • 5.5.4. Caveats
• 5.6. Hammer Buildfile
• 5.7. Hierarchical Hammer Flow
  • 5.7.1. Hierarchical Hammer Config
  • 5.7.2. Flow Management and Actions
  • 5.7.3. Cadence Implementation
  • 5.7.4. Tips for Constraining Hierarchical Modules
  • 5.7.5. Special Notes & Limitations