IP Catalog (View Menu) (Platform Designer)
The IP Catalog has two tabs: IP and Board. The IP tab allows you to find and customize IP for your system. The component categories: Project and Library. The Board tab allows you to define and select a target board for the system.
IP Tab
Lists the available components and boards that you can use to create a Platform Designer system or single IP Core. In the System Contents tab, you can click the icon to open the Add Instance dialog box, which is an undocked version of the IP Catalog.
Quartus® Prime software loads the components under Library during installation. Custom components appear under Project t. Clicking New component under Project opens the Platform Designer Component Editor, which you can use to create or modify customIP components. The Platform Designer Component Editor generates an _hw.tcl file for each new component. To make custom components appear in the IP Catalog under Project, you can configure the IP Search Path to include the path to the _hw.tcl file location.
You can view details for a component by right-clicking the component, and then placing your mouse over Details. The search box allows you to search for components by name or type. The New, Edit, and Add buttons allow you to create a new component, edit an existing component, or add an instance of a component to your Platform Designer system.
- New—Opens the Platform Designer Component Editor and allows you to create a custom component.
- Edit—Allows you to modify an existing component.
- Add—Adds the currently selected component to your Platform Designer system and displays the component parameters on the System Contents tab.
Board Tab
The Board tab shows the Board Catalog contents.
By default, the Board Catalog shows the target boards that are defined. Platform Designer displays all existing board files that have the _board.xml extension in the Board Catalog. Under each board file name appears the hardware components associated with the board, such as a button, LED, or JTAG UART. Under each component name appears the IP preset name that applies. Under each preset name appears the IP name to which the preset applies. Click the New, View, or Delete buttons to define, view, or delete boards in the catalog.