Pin access: --access-cost, vias in pads inside wire keepouts, exact stub checks

--access-cost C makes a route pay C to pass where it would close another
pin's way out (its end cells, the via it may need there, and the
clearance around both) while that pin still has connections to route.

A pin inside a wire keepout can only leave by a via; its stub to the
cell centre was track inside the keepout, which the exact check refused.
The via now goes on the pin itself. Pin stubs are also checked exactly
against wire keepouts, as the exact engine will check them.

bench/diagnose.py reports what each refused connection collided with.
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2026-09-28 09:15:11 -06:00
parent c44ff272ae
commit f1d0f8df70
7 changed files with 175 additions and 6 deletions
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@@ -157,8 +157,16 @@ class GridRouter:
heuristic_weight: float = 1.0,
seed: int | None = None,
route_first: frozenset | None = None,
access_cost: float = 0.0,
) -> None:
self.board = board
# Pin access: while a pin still has connections to route, the cells
# its route would leave by (its end cells, the via it may need there,
# and the clearance around both) cost other nets this much extra, so
# they route round a fine-pitch pin's way out instead of sealing it.
self.access_cost = max(float(access_cost), 0.0)
self._doorways: dict[Node, list[tuple[int, int]]] = {}
self._pending: dict[int, int] = {}
# None keeps the deterministic order; a seed shuffles which connection
# routes first, to measure how much a result owes to the order
self.seed = seed
@@ -289,6 +297,8 @@ class GridRouter:
margin = self.clearance + self.half_width
outline = self.board.outline
self._via_edge_block: set[Cell] = set()
# wire keepouts as boxes, to check a pin stub the way the exact engine will
self._keepout_boxes: dict[int, list[IntBox]] = {}
if outline is not None:
# cells too close to the real outline (rounded corners included):
# for a trace on every layer, and separately for a via's wider copper
@@ -325,6 +335,8 @@ class GridRouter:
if box.is_empty():
continue
# the same distance the exact engine verifies against
if item.blocks_wires:
self._keepout_boxes.setdefault(item.layer, []).append(box)
for cell in self._cells_in_box(box, margin):
if item.blocks_wires:
self._keepout.add((*cell, item.layer))
@@ -474,12 +486,16 @@ class GridRouter:
enter = self._enter_cost(cell, cl, net_no, allow_ripup, conns)
if enter is None:
continue
if self._doorways:
enter += self._access(nxt, net_no)
step = 1.0 if dx == 0 or dy == 0 else math.sqrt(2)
self._relax(
current, nxt, base + step + enter, goal_cell, g_score, came_from, open_heap
)
if len(self.layers) > 1:
g_via = base + self.via_cost
if self._doorways:
g_via += self._access(current, net_no)
for layer in self.layers:
if layer == cl:
continue
@@ -513,6 +529,18 @@ class GridRouter:
]
def _stub_clear(self, pin: Pin, cell: Cell, layer: int, net_no: int, conns) -> bool:
keepouts = self._keepout_boxes.get(layer)
if keepouts:
# the stub is off the grid, so check it exactly, as the exact
# engine will: its copper grown by clearance must miss every keepout
from freeroute.geometry.polyline import Polyline, PolylineShape
end = self._cell_center(cell)
if end != pin.location:
for tile in PolylineShape(Polyline([pin.location, end]), self.half_width).tiles():
grown = tile.offset(self.clearance)
if any(k.overlaps(grown) for k in keepouts):
return False
for c in self._stub_cells(pin.location, cell):
owner = self._cell_owner.get((*c, layer))
if owner is not None and conns[owner].net_no != net_no:
@@ -765,8 +793,19 @@ class GridRouter:
if node not in self._cell_owner:
self._cell_owner[node] = conn.index
conn.trace_cells.append((c, layer))
# A pin inside a wire keepout can only leave by a via. Its stub to the
# cell centre would be track inside the keepout, so the via goes on
# the pin itself (a via in its own pad) and the stub is left out.
in_pad: dict[int, IntPoint] = {}
if len(wire_segs) > 1:
for idx, pin in ((0, conn.a_end), (len(wire_segs) - 1, conn.b_end)):
layer, cells = wire_segs[idx]
if isinstance(pin, Pin) and len(cells) == 1 and (*cells[0], layer) in self._keepout:
in_pad[idx] = pin.location
conn.wires = []
for idx, (layer, cells) in enumerate(wire_segs):
if idx in in_pad:
continue
points = [self._cell_center(c) for c in cells]
if idx == 0 and isinstance(conn.a_end, Pin):
points.insert(0, conn.a_end.location)
@@ -776,7 +815,11 @@ class GridRouter:
if len(points) >= 2:
conn.wires.append((layer, points))
conn.vias = [self._cell_center(c) for c in conn.via_cells]
for idx, location in in_pad.items():
# via k joins wire segments k and k + 1
conn.vias[0 if idx == 0 else idx - 1] = location
conn.routed = True
self._settle(conn, -1)
def _rip(self, conn: _Connection) -> None:
for cell, layer in conn.trace_cells:
@@ -799,6 +842,7 @@ class GridRouter:
conn.vias = []
conn.routed = False
conn.rip_count += 1
self._settle(conn, +1)
def _crossed_owners(self, path: list[Node], net_no: int, conns: list[_Connection]) -> set[int]:
owners: set[int] = set()
@@ -814,6 +858,50 @@ class GridRouter:
owners.add(i)
return owners
# --- pin access ---------------------------------------------------------
@staticmethod
def _group_pins(conn: _Connection):
return [*conn.a_group[0], *conn.b_group[0]]
def _build_doorways(self, conns: list[_Connection]) -> None:
"""Map every cell that would close a pin's way out to that pin."""
spread = [(0, 0), *self._halo_offsets]
done: set[int] = set()
for conn in conns:
for pin in self._group_pins(conn):
self._pending[id(pin)] = self._pending.get(id(pin), 0) + 1
if id(pin) in done:
continue
done.add(id(pin))
claim = (id(pin), conn.net_no)
exits: set[Node] = set()
for x, y, layer in self._end_nodes(pin, conn.net_no, conns):
exits.add((x, y, layer))
for c in self._via_cells((x, y)):
exits.update((*c, other) for other in self.layers)
cells: set[Node] = set()
for x, y, layer in exits:
for dx, dy in spread:
if 0 <= x + dx < self.cols and 0 <= y + dy < self.rows:
cells.add((x + dx, y + dy, layer))
for node in cells:
self._doorways.setdefault(node, []).append(claim)
def _settle(self, conn: _Connection, delta: int) -> None:
if not self._pending:
return
for pin in self._group_pins(conn):
if id(pin) in self._pending:
self._pending[id(pin)] += delta
def _access(self, node: Node, net_no: int) -> float:
"""Extra cost for ``net_no`` to use a cell another pin still needs."""
for pin_id, owner_net in self._doorways.get(node, ()):
if owner_net != net_no and self._pending.get(pin_id, 0) > 0:
return self.access_cost
return 0.0
# --- passes -------------------------------------------------------------
def route(self) -> RouteResult:
@@ -822,6 +910,8 @@ class GridRouter:
self._conns = conns
if not conns:
return RouteResult(self.half_width)
if self.access_cost:
self._build_doorways(conns)
passes = self.max_passes if self.rip_up else 1
best_count = -1
@@ -1067,6 +1157,7 @@ def route_board(
heuristic_weight: float = 1.0,
seed: int | None = None,
route_first: frozenset | None = None,
access_cost: float = 0.0,
) -> RouteResult:
"""Convenience wrapper: build a :class:`GridRouter` and route the board."""
router = GridRouter(
@@ -1084,5 +1175,6 @@ def route_board(
heuristic_weight=heuristic_weight,
seed=seed,
route_first=route_first,
access_cost=access_cost,
)
return router.route()