Partition Database File Viewer
Although you cannot directly read the .qdb file,
you can view helpful attributes about the file in the Partition Database File Viewer to
quickly identify its contents and suitabilty for use.
The Quartus® Prime software automatically stores metadata about the project of origion and resource utilization when you export a .qdb from your project. You can then use the Partition Database File Viewer to display the attributes of the .qdb file.
To view .qdb file attributes in the Partition Database File Viewer, click , select Design Files for Files of Type, and open a .qdb file in the Quartus® Prime software. The Partition Database File Viewer displays the following attributes of the file:
| QDB Attribute Types | Attribute | Example |
|
Project Information |
Quartus Version | 18.1.0 Internal Build 7 01/23/2018 Pro Edition |
| Export Date | Thu Jan 23 10:56:23 2018 | |
| Revision Name | Top | |
| Revision Type | PR_BASE | |
| Version-Compatible | Yes | |
| Snapshot | synthesized | |
| Library Name | Lib | |
| Content Type | Partition | |
| Name (if Partition) | root_partition | |
| Entity (if Partition) | Counter | |
| Family | Arria 10 | |
| Device | 10AX016C3U19E2LG | |
|
Resource Utilization |
For synthesized snapshot lists data from the Synthesis Resource Usage Summary report. |
Dedicated logic registers: 14 I/O pins: 5 Total DSP Blocks: 0 ... |
| For the final snapshot, lists data from the Fitter Partition Statistics report. |
Combinational ALUTs: 16 I/O Registers M20Ks ... |