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+// See LICENSE for license details.
+
+package examples
+
+import chisel3._
+import chisel3.experimental.FixedPoint
+import dsptools.DspTester
+import dsptools.numbers._
+import org.scalatest.{FlatSpec, Matchers}
+
+//scalastyle:off magic.number
+
+class InstrumentingAdder[T <: Data:Ring](gen:() => T) extends Module {
+  val io = IO(new Bundle {
+    val a1: T = Input(gen())
+    val a2: T = Input(gen())
+    val c     = Output(gen())
+  })
+
+  val register1 = Reg(gen())
+
+  register1 := io.a1 + io.a2
+
+  io.c := register1
+}
+
+class InstrumentingAdderTester[T<:Data:Ring](c: InstrumentingAdder[T]) extends DspTester(c) {
+  for {
+    i <- -2.0 to 1.0 by 0.25
+    j <- -2.0 to 4.0 by 0.5
+  } {
+    poke(c.io.a1, i)
+    poke(c.io.a2, j)
+    step(1)
+
+    val result = peek(c.io.c)
+
+    expect(c.io.c, i + j, s"parameterize adder tester $i + $j => $result should have been ${i + j}")
+  }
+}
+
+class InstrumentingAdderSpec extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
+
+  behavior of "parameterized adder circuit on blackbox real"
+
+  it should "run while being instrumented" in {
+    def getFixed: FixedPoint = FixedPoint(32.W, 16.BP)
+
+    dsptools.Driver.execute(() => new InstrumentingAdder(getFixed _),
+      Array("-fimbu", "-fimof", "signals.csv", "-fimhb", "16")) { c =>
+      new InstrumentingAdderTester(c)
+    } should be (true)
+  }
+}