Design Examples Search Locations

The Quartus® Prime software supports example designs that come from GitHub*, allowing you to register one or more GitHub URLs, including those that require a token for access. The Quartus® Prime software populates the list of designs in the Design Example dialog of the New Project Wizard. You can download the design examples from the repositories to a local directory in the .zip format and access them without requiring Internet access. You can click the following to specify options that determine how the Quartus® Prime software accesses available design examples.
  • Click File > New Project Wizard and then click the More Settings button on the Design Example page of the New Project Wizard.
Table 1. Design Examples Search Locations
Option Description
Design Example search directory Specifies the local directories that the Quartus® Prime software searches for design examples. This setting determines which directories you include in search when using the New Project Wizard to start a project from an existing design example. Click Add, Remove, Up, or Down to change the search order and contents in the Directories list.
Directories Lists the various directories that you include in the design example search path for the New Project Wizard.
Download path Specifies the path for download of online design examples.
Design example URL Specifies the GitHub repository URL. If your GitHub repository requires a token, the format for this text field is https://<TOKEN>github.com/<repository_name>.
URLs Lists various Internet locations where the Quartus® Prime software searches for design examples repositories.
Load Predefined URLs Allows the Quartus® Prime software to read a list of predefined design examples URLs that contain well-known and thoroughly-tested design examples.
Figure 1. Design Examples Page