Constraint Recommendations
Do not use the same TIMESPEC name for more than one path
Keep constraints in one source
- Either UCF file or in schematics, but not both
Avoid OVER-constraining the design
- Design Performance suffers
- Critical timing paths get the best placement and fastest routing options
- As the number of critical paths increases, routability decreases
- Run times increase
- The appendix shows ways to avoid over-constraining