Bundlers

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A bundler is used primarily to "repackage" parallel connections into different bus groupings. It has several secondary uses (modes) as well. You select a bundler's bit width, bundle/unbundle pattern and mode using its Action menu.

Set Bundle/Unbundle Pattern

Determines the grouping of individual wires into buses. The following example illustrates using a bundler with bit width 8, converting an input pattern of 5-3 to an output pattern of 4-4:

               

Bundler Mode

Groups bus inputs and outputs according to bundle/unbundle pattern; e.g.

Bit Multiplier Mode

Distributes single bit input to multiple outputs. Only output bundle pattern used; e.g.

Bit Collector Mode

Single-bit output disjunction of multiple inputs. Only input bundle pattern used; e.g.

Named Source/Sink

Forms virtual connection between named sink (input) and one or more named sources (output) with the same name. Sink (source) only uses input (output) bundle pattern; e.g.