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Stub

You can emtpy an Component Hierarchy as stub:

class SubSysModule extends Component{
   val io = new Bundle{
     val dx = slave(Stream(Bits(32 bits)))
     val dy = master(Stream(Bits(32 bits)))
   }
   io.dy <-< io.dx
}
class TopLevle extends Component {
   val dut = new SubSysModule().stub   //instance an SubSysModule as empty stub
}

It will generate the following Verilog code for example:

module SubSysModule (
  input               io_dx_valid,
  output              io_dx_ready,
  input      [31:0]   io_dx_payload,
  output              io_dy_valid,
  input               io_dy_ready,
  output     [31:0]   io_dy_payload,
  input               clk,
  input               reset
);


  assign io_dx_ready = 1'b0;
  assign io_dy_valid = 1'b0;
  assign io_dy_payload = 32'h0;

endmodule

You can also emtpy the top Compoent

SpinalVerilog(new Pinsec(500 MHz).stub)

what stub do

  • first walk all the component and find out clock ,then keep clock

  • remove all children component

  • reomove all assignment and logic we dont wan’t

  • tile 0 to output port