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

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1. Introduction to Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition 2. Managing Intel® Quartus® Prime Projects 3. Design Planning 4. Introduction to Intel® FPGA IP Cores 5. Migrating to Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Getting Started Documentation Archive B. Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guides
1. Introduction to Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition x
1.1. Selecting an Intel® Quartus® Prime Software Edition 1.2. Introduction to Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition Revision History
2. Managing Intel® Quartus® Prime Projects x
2.1. Viewing Basic Project Information 2.2. Intel® Quartus® Prime Project Contents 2.3. Managing Project Settings 2.4. Managing Logic Design Files 2.5. Managing Timing Constraints 2.6. Integrating Other EDA Tools 2.7. Exporting Compilation Results 2.8. Migrating Projects Across Operating Systems 2.9. Archiving Projects 2.10. Command-Line Interface 2.11. Managing Projects Revision History
2.1. Viewing Basic Project Information x
2.1.1. Viewing Project Reports 2.1.2. Viewing Project Messages 2.1.3. Automated Problem Reports
2.1.2. Viewing Project Messages x
2.1.2.1. Suppressing Message Display
2.2. Intel® Quartus® Prime Project Contents x
2.2.1. Project File Best Practices
2.3. Managing Project Settings x
2.3.1. Specifying the Target Device or Board 2.3.2. Optimizing Project Settings
2.3.2. Optimizing Project Settings x
2.3.2.1. Optimize Settings with Design Space Explorer II 2.3.2.2. Optimize Settings with Project Revisions 2.3.2.3. Back-Annotating Compiler Assignments
2.4. Managing Logic Design Files x
2.4.1. Including Design Libraries 2.4.2. Creating a Project Copy
2.7. Exporting Compilation Results x
2.7.1. Exporting a Version-Compatible Compilation Database 2.7.2. Importing a Version-Compatible Compilation Database 2.7.3. Exporting a Design Partition 2.7.4. Clearing Compilation Results
2.8. Migrating Projects Across Operating Systems x
2.8.1. Migrating Design Files and Libraries 2.8.2. Design Library Migration Guidelines
2.8.1. Migrating Design Files and Libraries x
2.8.1.1. Use Relative Paths
2.9. Archiving Projects x
2.9.1. Manually Adding Files To Archives 2.9.2. Archiving Compilation Results 2.9.3. Archiving Projects for Service Requests 2.9.4. Using External Revision Control
2.9.4. Using External Revision Control x
2.9.4.1. Files to Include In External Revision Control
2.10. Command-Line Interface x
2.10.1. Project Revision Commands 2.10.2. Project Archive Commands 2.10.3. Project Database Commands 2.10.4. Project Library Commands
2.10.3. Project Database Commands x
2.10.3.1. Import and Export Version-Compatible Databases from a Flow Package 2.10.3.2. quartus_cdb and quartus_sh Executables to Manage Version-Compatible Databases
2.10.4. Project Library Commands x
2.10.4.1. Specify Project Libraries With SEARCH_PATH Assignment 2.10.4.2. Report Specified Project Libraries Commands 2.10.4.3. Generate Version-Compatible Database After Compilation
3. Design Planning x
3.1. Design Planning 3.2. Create a Design Specification and Test Plan 3.3. Plan for the Target Device 3.4. Plan for Intellectual Property Cores 3.5. Plan for Standard Interfaces 3.6. Plan for Device Programming 3.7. Plan for Device Power Consumption 3.8. Plan for Interface I/O Pins 3.9. Plan for other EDA Tools 3.10. Plan for On-Chip Debugging Tools 3.11. Plan HDL Coding Styles 3.12. Plan for Hierarchical and Team-Based Designs 3.13. Design Planning Revision History
3.3. Plan for the Target Device x
3.3.1. Device Migration Planning
3.8. Plan for Interface I/O Pins x
3.8.1. Simultaneous Switching Noise Analysis
3.9. Plan for other EDA Tools x
3.9.1. Third-Party Synthesis Tools 3.9.2. Third-Party Simulation Tools
3.11. Plan HDL Coding Styles x
3.11.1. Design Recommendations 3.11.2. Recommended HDL Coding Styles 3.11.3. Managing Metastability
3.12. Plan for Hierarchical and Team-Based Designs x
3.12.1. Flat Compilation without Design Partitions 3.12.2. Incremental Compilation with Design Partitions 3.12.3. Planning Design Partitions and Floorplan Location Assignments
4. Introduction to Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
4.1. IP Catalog and Parameter Editor 4.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores 4.3. IP General Settings 4.4. Adding Your Own IP to IP Catalog 4.5. Best Practices for Intel® FPGA IP 4.6. Generating IP Cores ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition) 4.7. Modifying an IP Variation 4.8. Upgrading IP Cores 4.9. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores 4.10. Synthesizing IP Cores in Other EDA Tools 4.11. Instantiating IP Cores in HDL 4.12. Introduction to Intel FPGA IP Cores Revision History
4.1. IP Catalog and Parameter Editor x
4.1.1. The Parameter Editor
4.2. Installing and Licensing Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
4.2.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode
4.2.1. Intel® FPGA IP Evaluation Mode x
4.2.1.1. Intel FPGA IP Versioning 4.2.1.2. Checking the IP License Status
4.6. Generating IP Cores ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition) x
4.6.1. IP Core Generation Output ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition)
4.8. Upgrading IP Cores x
4.8.1. Upgrading IP Cores at Command-Line 4.8.2. Migrating IP Cores to a Different Device 4.8.3. Troubleshooting IP or Platform Designer System Upgrade
4.9. Simulating Intel® FPGA IP Cores x
4.9.1. Generating IP Simulation Files 4.9.2. Using NativeLink Simulation ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition)
4.9.2. Using NativeLink Simulation ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition) x
4.9.2.1. Setting Up NativeLink Simulation ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition) 4.9.2.2. Generating IP Functional Simulation Models ( Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition)
4.11. Instantiating IP Cores in HDL x
4.11.1. Example Top-Level Verilog HDL Module 4.11.2. Example Top-Level VHDL Module
5. Migrating to Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition x
5.1. Keep Pro Edition Project Files Separate 5.2. Upgrade Project Assignments and Constraints 5.3. Upgrade IP Cores and Platform Designer (Standard) Systems 5.4. Upgrade Non-Compliant Design RTL 5.5. Migrating to Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition Revision History
5.2. Upgrade Project Assignments and Constraints x
5.2.1. Modify Entity Name Assignments 5.2.2. Resolve Timing Constraint Entity Names 5.2.3. Verify Generated Node Name Assignments 5.2.4. Replace Logic Lock (Standard) Regions 5.2.5. Modify Signal Tap Logic Analyzer Files 5.2.6. Remove References to .qip Files 5.2.7. Remove Unsupported Feature Assignments
5.2.4. Replace Logic Lock (Standard) Regions x
5.2.4.1. Logic Lock Region Assignment Examples
5.4. Upgrade Non-Compliant Design RTL x
5.4.1. Verify Verilog Compilation Unit 5.4.2. Update Entity Auto-Discovery 5.4.3. Ensure Distinct VHDL Namespace for Each Library 5.4.4. Remove Unsupported Parameter Passing 5.4.5. Remove Unsized Constant from WYSIWYG Instantiation 5.4.6. Remove Non-Standard Pragmas 5.4.7. Declare Objects Before Initial Values 5.4.8. Confine SystemVerilog Features to SystemVerilog Files 5.4.9. Avoid Assignment Mixing in Always Blocks 5.4.10. Avoid Unconnected, Non-Existent Ports 5.4.11. Avoid Illegal Parameter Ranges 5.4.12. Update Verilog HDL and VHDL Type Mapping
5.4.1. Verify Verilog Compilation Unit x
5.4.1.1. Verilog HDL Configuration Instantiation
1. Introduction to Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition
2. Managing Intel® Quartus® Prime Projects
3. Design Planning
4. Introduction to Intel® FPGA IP Cores
5. Migrating to Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition
A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Getting Started Documentation Archive
B. Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guides

2.2.1. Project File Best Practices

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software provides various options for specifying project settings and constraints.
The following best practices help ensure automated management and portability of your project files.

  • Avoid manually editing Intel® Quartus® Prime data files, such as the Intel® Quartus® Prime Project File (.qpf), Intel® Quartus® Prime Settings File (.qsf), Quartus IP File (.ip), or Platform Designer (Standard) System File (.qsys). Syntax errors in these files cause errors during compilation. For example, the software may ignore improperly formatted settings and assignments.

  • Do not compile multiple projects into the same directory. Instead, use a separate directory for each project.

  • By default, the Intel® Quartus® Prime software saves all project output files, such as Text-Format Report Files (.rpt), in the project directory. If you want to change the location of output files, instead of manually moving project output files, click Assignments > Settings > Compilation Process Settings, and specify the Save project output files in specified directory option.

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