Hi, I am kind of confused as to how I can add ports to a newly created component. I tried printing it's existing port list using Component.ports but it's empty....ik that the Component.add_ports method exists but how do I format my list of port names and ports of devices inside it ? Like there are two nmos-es whose gates I wanna use an inputs to this component. I tried creating a dictionary where the string was the name I wanna call these ports by like "VinP" and "VinN" and the second element was the actual port like nfetLref.ports["multiplier_0_gate_S"] but I get an error saying that this port already exists in a constituent device which it does...... Can anyone please help point me in the right direction?

The way we do this in the repo is that when youre adding a constituent component's port to the top level, you add an easily identifiable prefix using the prefix arg in the

add_ports

function

@Chetanya Goyal could you give an example of how to use the

add_ports

function? I am not really proficient at coding. Seeing an example would help me better understand how to use it

say

toplvl

is your top level component and youre trying to add `nfetL`'s ports to

toplvl

toplvl.add_ports(nfetL.get_ports_list(), prefix = 'left_fet_')