#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Print a VCD as a cycle table: one row per time, one column per signal. python scripts/py/vcd_table.py dump.vcd --match st q_valid q_ready stg_gnt python scripts/py/vcd_table.py dump.vcd --match w_ready --from 12000 --rows 40 Signals are matched by substring against the full scope path, so a short name is usually enough. `--changes` prints only rows where something moved, which is what makes a stalled handshake obvious: the row repeats and nothing advances. """ import argparse import sys def parse(path, want): """Read `path`, returning (names, times) where times is [(t, {name: val})]. `want` is a list of substrings; a signal is kept if any matches its full dotted path. Values are the raw VCD strings, so an x or z shows as itself rather than being coerced to a number. """ ids = {} # vcd id -> display name scope = [] cur = {} out = [] t = 0 with open(path, "r", errors="replace") as fh: in_defs = True for line in fh: s = line.strip() if not s: continue if in_defs: if s.startswith("$scope"): scope.append(s.split()[2]) elif s.startswith("$upscope"): if scope: scope.pop() elif s.startswith("$var"): p = s.split() vid, nm = p[3], p[4] full = ".".join(scope + [nm]) if not want or any(w in full for w in want): ids[vid] = full elif s.startswith("$enddefinitions"): in_defs = False continue if s.startswith("#"): if cur: out.append((t, dict(cur))) t = int(s[1:]) elif s[0] in "bB": val, vid = s.split() if vid in ids: cur[ids[vid]] = val[1:] elif s[0] in "rR": continue else: vid = s[1:] if vid in ids: cur[ids[vid]] = s[0] if cur: out.append((t, dict(cur))) return sorted(ids.values()), out def main(): ap = argparse.ArgumentParser() ap.add_argument("vcd") ap.add_argument("--match", nargs="*", default=[], help="substrings to keep") ap.add_argument("--from", dest="t0", type=int, default=0) ap.add_argument("--to", dest="t1", type=int, default=0) ap.add_argument("--rows", type=int, default=60) ap.add_argument( "--changes", action="store_true", help="only rows where a value moved" ) a = ap.parse_args() names, rows = parse(a.vcd, a.match) if not names: sys.exit("no signal matched; run without --match to list what is there") # Short labels, but keep enough tail to stay unique. short = {} for n in names: parts = n.split(".") for k in range(1, len(parts) + 1): lab = ".".join(parts[-k:]) if sum(1 for m in names if m.endswith(lab)) == 1: short[n] = lab break else: short[n] = n w = max(len(short[n]) for n in names) w = max(w, 6) print("time".rjust(10) + " " + " ".join(short[n].rjust(w) for n in names)) prev = None shown = 0 for t, vals in rows: if t < a.t0 or (a.t1 and t > a.t1): continue cells = [vals.get(n, "-") for n in names] if a.changes and cells == prev: continue prev = cells print(str(t).rjust(10) + " " + " ".join(c.rjust(w) for c in cells)) shown += 1 if shown >= a.rows: print(" ... truncated, raise --rows or narrow --from/--to") break if __name__ == "__main__": main()