AN 1006: Multi-Project Analysis with Exploration Dashboard

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Answers to Top FAQs 1. About This Application Note 2. Exploration Dashboard Multi-Project Analysis Tutorial Steps 3. Additional Exploration Dashboard Workflows 4. Analyzing Exploration Dashboard Reports 5. Document Revision History of AN 1006: Multi-Project Analysis with Exploration Dashboard
1. About This Application Note x
1.1. Tutorial Prerequisites 1.2. Example Design Setup
2. Exploration Dashboard Multi-Project Analysis Tutorial Steps x
2.1. Step 1: Create an Exploration Dashboard Workspace 2.2. Step 2: Add Projects to Exploration Dashboard 2.3. Step 3: Launch Connections and Compile the Projects 2.4. Step 4: Import and Analyze Timing Summary Reports 2.5. Step 5: Analyze the Results of Report Timing 2.6. Step 6: Disconnecting Interactive Connections
3. Additional Exploration Dashboard Workflows x
3.1. Using Exploration Dashboard in Offline Mode 3.2. Using Exploration Dashboard in Batch Mode
3.1. Using Exploration Dashboard in Offline Mode x
3.1.1. Step 1: Enable Creation of Compilation Databases for Exploration Dashboard 3.1.2. Step 2: Create an Exploration Dashboard Workspace in Local Mode 3.1.3. Step 3: Import Generated Compilation Databases 3.1.4. Step 4: Analyzing Databases in Offline Mode
3.2. Using Exploration Dashboard in Batch Mode x
3.2.1. Step 1: Create an Exploration Dashboard Workspace in Local Mode 3.2.2. Step 2: Configure Maximum Connections 3.2.3. Step 3: Generate Default Reports in Batch Mode
4. Analyzing Exploration Dashboard Reports x
4.1. Report Timing 4.2. Report Retiming Recommendations 4.3. Report Hierarchy Placement 4.4. Report Asynchronous CDC 4.5. Report Design Assistant (Sign-off)
Answers to Top FAQs
1. About This Application Note
2. Exploration Dashboard Multi-Project Analysis Tutorial Steps
3. Additional Exploration Dashboard Workflows
4. Analyzing Exploration Dashboard Reports
5. Document Revision History of AN 1006: Multi-Project Analysis with Exploration Dashboard

1.2. Example Design Setup

This tutorial uses a simple fir_filter design to demonstrate using the Exploration Dashboard to simultaneously analyze multiple projects.

The Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software installation includes the sample fir_filter project in the quartus/qdesigns/fir_filter/ directory by default.

Follow these steps to setup the example design for launch of Exploration Dashboard and results analysis of three projects that differ by compilation seed:

  1. Create a new, empty working directory.
  2. Copy the quartus/qdesigns/fir_filter/ directory into your empty working directory. The quartus/qdesigns/fir_filter/ directory contains the fir_filter.qpf project file. The project name is fir_filter. The project revision name is filtref.
  3. Modify the example project's filtref.qsf Quartus Prime settings file to include the following line:
    set_global_assignment -name SEED 1
  4. Rename the copied directory to seed_1.
  5. Repeat steps 2 through 4, except change the seed value to 2 and 3, naming the directories seed_2 and seed_3, respectively.
Figure 1. Post-Setup Project File Structure and QSF Content


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