Patent ID: 7784005

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for displaying design data that implements an electronic design in lookup tables (LUTs) of programmable logic, comprising: providing mapped design data that implements the electronic design with respectively assigned initialization values that define respective functions for the LUTs; presenting for user selection at least two selectable modes for displaying the function performed by a LUT, wherein the modes have associated, different formats for display of the function; and displaying, in response to selection of an object that represents a first LUT having one of the respectively assigned initialization values and in response to selection of one of the modes, the function performed by the first LUT as defined by the one initialization value and in the format associated with the selected mode; wherein a first format associated with a first mode is a Karnaugh map format, and each column heading and each row heading of the Karnaugh map format is labeled with a combination of one or more input values to the LUT; and wherein the providing, presenting, and displaying are performed on a computer programmed to perform the providing, presenting, and displaying.