Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guide: Design Constraints

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Date 1/10/2019
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2.1.2. Integrating PCB Design Tools

You can integrate PCB design tools into your work flow to map pin assignments to symbols in your system circuit schematics and board layout.

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software integrates with board layout tools by allowing import and export of pin assignment information in Intel® Quartus® Prime Settings Files (.qsf), Pin-Out File (.pin), and FPGA Xchange-Format File (.fx) files.

Table 4.  Integrating PCB Design Tools

PCB Tool Integration

Supported PCB Tool

Define and validate I/O assignments in the Pin Planner, and then export the assignments to the PCB tool for validation

Mentor Graphics* I/O Designer

Cadence Allegro

Define I/O assignments in your PCB tool, and then import the assignments into the Pin Planner for validation

Mentor Graphics* I/O Designer

Cadence Allegro

Figure 5. PCB Tool Integration