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[Carl Poirier <carl.poirier.2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 7, 2015 7:58 AM, "jp charras" <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Le 06/04/2015 21:10, Carl Poirier a écrit :
> > Indeed, the custom sub-designators would be nice.
> >
> > For the close future, would it be possible to simply extend to "AA"?
Else,
> > are any of you aware of potential problems if the '[' character is used?
> >
>
> I extended the max units to 52 in rev 5579.
> (for practical reasons, like size of menus, this max count is set to 52,
> but can be up to 26x26).
>
Awesome!

> But how is it possible with previous versions to have more than 26 units
> (the lib component properties fix this limit to 26 units) ?
>
I'm not sure how the limit is imposed, but Alex Forencich, the contributor,
is generating Xilinx FPGA using scripts and depending on the part, there
are some going over 26 units.
> --
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>
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