atopile viewer¶
To use the viewer, start by building your project using:
This will create a <project-config>.view.json file that the viewer can consume. Invoke the viewer using:
The viewer will spool up a server on your local machine at http://127.0.0.1:8080. The viewer gets access to the <project-config>.view.json through http://127.0.0.1:8080/data.
Viewer interface¶
Navigate within your design¶
The left pane shows you the name of the instance you are currently viewing, the parent instance and provides two buttons: "return" gets you back to the parent module. "layout" recreates the default layout after you have moved blocks around.
To navigate within a module or component, simply click on it.
Inspect links¶
Clicking on a link will show the source and target address that the link is connection. Those could either be two signals or two compatible instances of an interface.
Features currently not supported (but planned)¶
- Saving the position of blocks
- Inspecting a links pin to pin connections
- Expanding and contracting modules (instead of navigating in and out of modules)
- A decent way to see components and their pins
- Ability to inspect multiple build configurations