Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Getting Started

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Answers to Top FAQs 2. Introduction to Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition 3. Planning FPGA Design for RTL Flow 4. Selecting a Starting Point for Your Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Project 5. Working With Intel® FPGA IP Cores 6. Managing Intel® Quartus® Prime Projects A. Next Steps After Getting Started B. Using the Design Space Explorer II C. Document Revision History for Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide Getting Started D. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides
2. Introduction to Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition x
2.1. Before You Begin
2.1. Before You Begin x
2.1.1. Prerequisite Knowledge and Training 2.1.2. Navigate Content Through Tasks 2.1.3. Acronyms
3. Planning FPGA Design for RTL Flow x
3.1. Design Planning 3.2. Selecting the Design Methodology 3.3. Related Trainings
3.1. Design Planning x
3.1.1. Creating a Design Specification and Test Plan 3.1.2. Planning for the Target Device or Board 3.1.3. Planning for Intellectual Property Cores 3.1.4. Planning for Standard Interfaces 3.1.5. Planning for Device Programming 3.1.6. Planning for Device Power Consumption 3.1.7. Planning for Interface I/O Pins 3.1.8. Planning for other EDA Tools 3.1.9. Planning for On-Chip Debugging Tools 3.1.10. Planning HDL Coding Styles
3.1.2. Planning for the Target Device or Board x
3.1.2.1. Device Migration Planning
3.1.8. Planning for other EDA Tools x
3.1.8.1. Third-Party Synthesis Tools 3.1.8.2. Third-Party Simulation Tools
3.1.10. Planning HDL Coding Styles x
3.1.10.1. Design Recommendations 3.1.10.2. Recommended HDL Coding Styles 3.1.10.3. Managing Metastability
3.2. Selecting the Design Methodology x
3.2.1. Flat Design Vs. Incremental Block-based Design 3.2.2. Partial Reconfiguration Design
4. Selecting a Starting Point for Your Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Project x
4.1. Creating a New FPGA Design Project 4.2. Migrating Projects from Other Intel® Quartus® Prime Editions to Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition 4.3. Migrating Your AMD* Vivado* Project to Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition 4.4. Migrating Projects Across Operating Systems 4.5. Migrating Project From One Device to Another 4.6. Related Trainings
4.1. Creating a New FPGA Design Project x
4.1.1. Using the Board-Aware Flow 4.1.2. Project Path Length Considerations
4.1.1. Using the Board-Aware Flow x
4.1.1.1. Creating a New Project from a Design Example 4.1.1.2. Specifying a Target Board for the Project
4.1.1.1. Creating a New Project from a Design Example x
4.1.1.1.1. Family, Device & Board Settings 4.1.1.1.2. Accessing Pre-Installed Design Examples 4.1.1.1.3. Accessing Online Design Examples 4.1.1.1.4. Accessing Downloaded Design Examples
4.1.1.1.3. Accessing Online Design Examples x
4.1.1.1.3.1. Internet Connectivity Options 4.1.1.1.3.2. Design Examples Options
4.2. Migrating Projects from Other Intel® Quartus® Prime Editions to Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition x
4.2.1. Keeping Pro Edition Project Files Separate 4.2.2. Upgrading Project Assignments and Constraints 4.2.3. Upgrading IP Cores and Platform Designer Systems 4.2.4. Upgrading Non-Compliant Design RTL
4.2.2. Upgrading Project Assignments and Constraints x
4.2.2.1. Modifying Entity Name Assignments 4.2.2.2. Resolving Timing Constraint Entity Names 4.2.2.3. Verifying Generated Node Name Assignments 4.2.2.4. Replace Logic Lock (Standard) Regions 4.2.2.5. Modifying Signal Tap Logic Analyzer Files 4.2.2.6. Removing References to .qip Files 4.2.2.7. Removing Unsupported Feature Assignments
4.2.2.4. Replace Logic Lock (Standard) Regions x
4.2.2.4.1. Logic Lock Region Assignment Examples
4.2.4. Upgrading Non-Compliant Design RTL x
4.2.4.1. Verifying Verilog Compilation Unit 4.2.4.2. Updating Entity Auto-Discovery 4.2.4.3. Ensuring Distinct VHDL Namespace for Each Library 4.2.4.4. Removing Unsupported Parameter Passing 4.2.4.5. Removing Unsized Constant from WYSIWYG Instantiation 4.2.4.6. Removing Non-Standard Pragmas 4.2.4.7. Declaring Objects Before Initial Values 4.2.4.8. Confining SystemVerilog Features to SystemVerilog Files 4.2.4.9. Avoiding Assignment Mixing in Always Blocks 4.2.4.10. Avoiding Unconnected, Non-Existent Ports 4.2.4.11. Avoiding Invalid Parameter Ranges 4.2.4.12. Updating Verilog HDL and VHDL Type Mapping 4.2.4.13. Converting Symbolic BDF Files to Acceptable File Formats
4.2.4.1. Verifying Verilog Compilation Unit x
4.2.4.1.1. Verilog HDL Configuration Instantiation
4.4. Migrating Projects Across Operating Systems x
4.4.1. Migrating Design Files and Libraries 4.4.2. Design Library Migration Guidelines
4.4.1. Migrating Design Files and Libraries x
4.4.1.1. Use Relative Paths
5. Working With Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
5.1. IP Catalog and Parameter Editor 5.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 5.3. IP General Settings 5.4. Adding IP to IP Catalog 5.5. Best Practices for Intel® FPGA IP 5.6. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 5.7. IP Core Generation Output ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) 5.8. Scripting IP Core Generation 5.9. Modifying an IP Variation 5.10. Upgrading IP Cores 5.11. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores 5.12. Generating Simulation Files for Platform Designer Systems and IP Variants 5.13. Synthesizing IP Cores in Other EDA Tools 5.14. Instantiating IP Cores in HDL 5.15. Support for the IEEE 1735 Encryption Standard 5.16. Related Trainings and Resources
5.1. IP Catalog and Parameter Editor x
5.1.1. The Parameter Editor
5.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
5.2.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
5.2.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode x
5.2.1.1. Intel FPGA IP Versioning 5.2.1.2. Checking the IP License Status
5.6. Specifying the IP Core Parameters and Options ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition) x
5.6.1. Applying Preset Parameters for Specific Applications 5.6.2. Customizing IP Presets
5.6.1. Applying Preset Parameters for Specific Applications x
5.6.1.1. Viewing, Applying, and Deleting IP Presets
5.6.2. Customizing IP Presets x
5.6.2.1. Defining Preset Pin Assignments
5.6.2.1. Defining Preset Pin Assignments x
5.6.2.1.1. Defining Preset Pin Assignments in Pin Assignments Tab 5.6.2.1.2. Defining Preset Pin Assignments in a Pin File
5.10. Upgrading IP Cores x
5.10.1. Upgrading IP Cores at Command-Line 5.10.2. Migrating IP Cores to a Different Device 5.10.3. Troubleshooting IP or Platform Designer System Upgrade
5.11. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
5.11.1. Generating IP Simulation Files 5.11.2. Scripting IP Simulation
5.11.2. Scripting IP Simulation x
5.11.2.1. Generating a Combined Simulator Setup Script
5.14. Instantiating IP Cores in HDL x
5.14.1. Example Top-Level Verilog HDL Module 5.14.2. Example Top-Level VHDL Module
6. Managing Intel® Quartus® Prime Projects x
6.1. Viewing Basic Project Information 6.2. Exploring Intel® Quartus® Prime Project Contents 6.3. Managing Project Settings 6.4. Viewing Parameter Settings From the Project Navigator 6.5. Managing Logic Design Files 6.6. Managing Timing Constraints 6.7. Integrating Other EDA Tools 6.8. Exporting Compilation Results 6.9. Archiving Projects 6.10. Command-Line Interface 6.11. Related Trainings
6.1. Viewing Basic Project Information x
6.1.1. Using the Compilation Dashboard 6.1.2. Viewing Project Reports 6.1.3. Viewing Project Messages
6.1.3. Viewing Project Messages x
6.1.3.1. Viewing Synthesis Warning Messages 6.1.3.2. Suppressing Message Display 6.1.3.3. Promoting Critical Warnings to Errors
6.2. Exploring Intel® Quartus® Prime Project Contents x
6.2.1. Project File Best Practices
6.5. Managing Logic Design Files x
6.5.1. Including Design Libraries 6.5.2. Creating a Project Copy
6.8. Exporting Compilation Results x
6.8.1. Exporting a Version-Compatible Compilation Database 6.8.2. Importing a Version-Compatible Compilation Database 6.8.3. Creating a Design Partition 6.8.4. Exporting a Design Partition 6.8.5. Reusing a Design Partition 6.8.6. Viewing Quartus Database File Information 6.8.7. Clearing Compilation Results
6.8.6. Viewing Quartus Database File Information x
6.8.6.1. QDB File Attribute Types
6.9. Archiving Projects x
6.9.1. Manually Adding Files To Archives 6.9.2. Archiving Projects for Service Requests 6.9.3. Archiving Projects for External Revision Control 6.9.4. Creating Database-Only Archives
6.9.3. Archiving Projects for External Revision Control x
6.9.3.1. Project Files to Include In External Revision Control
6.10. Command-Line Interface x
6.10.1. Project Revision Commands 6.10.2. Project Archive Commands 6.10.3. Project Database Commands
6.10.3. Project Database Commands x
6.10.3.1. quartus_cdb Executables to Manage Version-Compatible Databases
A. Next Steps After Getting Started x
A.1. Additional Resources A.2. Training
B. Using the Design Space Explorer II x
B.1. Optimizing Project Settings B.2. Running DSE II B.3. Setting Up Remote Farm Using Design Space Explorer II
B.1. Optimizing Project Settings x
B.1.1. Optimizing Settings with Design Space Explorer II B.1.2. Optimizing Settings with Project Revisions B.1.3. Back-Annotating Optimized Assignments
B.1.1. Optimizing Settings with Design Space Explorer II x
B.1.1.1. DSE II Computing Resources B.1.1.2. DSE II Optimization Parameters B.1.1.3. DSE II Result Management
1. Answers to Top FAQs
2. Introduction to Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
3. Planning FPGA Design for RTL Flow
4. Selecting a Starting Point for Your Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Project
5. Working With Intel® FPGA IP Cores
6. Managing Intel® Quartus® Prime Projects
A. Next Steps After Getting Started
B. Using the Design Space Explorer II
C. Document Revision History for Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide Getting Started
D. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides

6.5. Managing Logic Design Files

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software helps you create and manage the logic design files in your project. Logic design files contain the logic that implements your design. When you add a logic design file to the project, the Compiler automatically includes that file in the next compilation. The Compiler synthesizes your logic design files to generate programming files for your target device.

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software includes full-featured schematic and text editors, as well as HDL templates to accelerate your design work. The Intel® Quartus® Prime software supports VHDL Design Files (.vhd), Verilog HDL Design Files (.v), and SystemVerilog (.sv). In addition, you can combine your logic design files with Intel and third-party IP core design files, including combining components into a Platform Designer system (.qsys).

CAUTION:

Starting from the Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software version 23.3, the compiler cannot synthesize schematic Block Design File (.bdf). You must convert it to an acceptable format, such as Verilog HDL or VHDL using the Intel Quartus Prime Standard Edition command quartus_map as shown in the following:

  • To convert your .bdf file to Verilog Design File (.v): 
    quartus_map <project_name> --convert_bdf_to_verilog=<bdf_file_name>
  • To convert your .bdf file to VHDL Design File (.vhd):
    quartus_map <project_name> --convert_bdf_to_vhdl=<bdf_file_name>

The New Project Wizard prompts you to identify logic design files. Add or remove project files by clicking Project > Add/Remove Files in Project. View the project’s logic design files in the Project Navigator.

Figure 61. Design and IP Files in Project Navigator

Right-click files in the Project Navigator to:

  • Open and edit the file
  • Remove File from Project
  • Set as Top-Level Entity for the project revision
  • Create a Symbol File for Current File for display in schematic editors
  • Edit file Properties

Section Content
Including Design Libraries
Creating a Project Copy

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