Altera Quartus II quick-start guide
1. create a new project.
Run Quartus-II Web Edition and select the "File/New Project Wizard..." menu.
Choose a project directory and name....
and click "Next".
Do not add files here...
just click "Next".
Now is the time to choose the FPGA device used by your FPGA board.
No need to go further, click "Finish".
2. Add the top-level file
Select the "File/New" menu and choose "Verilog HDL File"...
then type the following text (as-is, this is case sensitive)
and save under the name "ledblink.v".
3. Synthesize the design
Click on the "Start Analysis & Synthesis" menu.
No error should be reported.
4. Assign the pins
Click on the "Assignments/Pin Planner" menu and at the bottom of the "Pin Planner" window, enter the location for the two pins "LED" and "clk".
Close the "Pin Planner" window.
5. Set the programming properties
Click on the "Assignments/Device" menu and then on "Device and Pin Options"...
and select "As Input tri-stated with weak pull-up" for the unused pins.
6. Generate the FPGA programming file
Click on the "Processing/Start Compilation" menu.
Congratulations!
The design is ready to be downloaded into the FPGA.
7. Want to learn more?
Go to Altera's Introduction to the Quartus II Software page.
Working with the FPGA Pin Mapper
The Altium Designer Pin Mapper dialog allows you to create a link between an external pin file (such as one exported from FPGA or Microcontroller (MC) tools) with a schematic component, and then compare the pin signals between those two domains (FPGA and PCB).
As a result of this pin comparison, any changes or updates in the external pin file can be transferred to the schematic, or the pin data from the schematic can be passed back to the pin file. The main purpose for using the Pin Mapper is to obtain additional information about component pins from external tools (particularly FPGA and MC), so this data can used for Pin Swapping in the Configure Pin Swapping dialog. It replaces the need to manually transfer pin data between the two domains.
Currently, the Altium Designer Pin Mapping feature directly supports two FPGA vendors – Altera and Xilinx. The intention is to expand this vendor list in the future. Also supported is Altium's own Pin Info file format, which can be used as a FPGA/MC pin description for any third party FPGA tools, or for other types of components.
Process Flow
- Open the implemented design in Quartus.
- Select Assignments » Pin Planner .
- Open the implemented design in Vivado.
- Select File » Export » Export I/O Ports .
- The Pin Table where source pin assignment changes can be found and applied to the Schematic component, or back. Use the arrow next to the right of each column header name to sort the column in ascending/descending order. Click the filter icon in the column header to access a drop-down to filter the column contents.
- The Footprint preview, where the selected pins are highlighted and pins can be displayed by groups using the Preview mode drop-down. Choices include None , Bank Number , IO Pins , and Diff Pair Pins .
Note that the right-click menu for a table entry offers a range of bulk selection options for pin name updates.
Additional Abilities
- Update All pins in Schematic - choose to update all pin names in the schematic.
- Update All pins in Pin File - choose to update all pin names in the pin file.
- Ignore for All pins - choose to ignore for all pins.
- Update Selected pins in Schematic - choose to update selected pin names in the schematic.
- Update Selected pins in Pin File - choose to update selected pin names in the pin file.
- Ignore for Selected pins - choose to ignore for selected pins.
- Default for All pins - choose to use the default for all pins.
- Default for Selected pins - choose to use the default for selected pins.
- If there are pins where different net names are assigned in the Schematic and FPGA sides, then this can be checked in an ERC where they are displayed as violation in the Messages panel (not yet implemented).
- If you would like to start the workflow with a FPGA pin file from the schematic side, then an Altium Pin Report file can be generated – select the Export button in the Pin Mapper dialog.
- Currently, only general pin parameters can be copied, however support for more advanced data such as Swap group etc is planned. Swapping must be defined manually at the moment by importing changes from the FPGA pin file data.
- Since the external pin file is linked to a component, a new component model (Pin Info) is created and shown in the Models list in the Component Properties panel. In the future, this will provide an easy way to add FPGA pin data to a Library component. The panel's Models section also allows the Pin Info to removed or modified.
When a component has model Pin Info, additional pin parameters and options will be available for that component in the Configure Pin Swapping dialog.
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Close the "Pin Planner" window. 5. Set the programming properties. Click on the "Assignments/Device" menu and then on "Device and Pin Options"... and select "As Input tri-stated with weak pull-up" for the unused pins. 6. Generate the FPGA programming file. Click on the "Processing/Start Compilation" menu.
Also supported is Altium's own Pin Info file format, which can be used as a FPGA/MC pin description for any third party FPGA tools, or for other types of components. Process Flow. Source Pin data file from FPGA tools For Altera Quartus ® II v13.1: Open the implemented design in Quartus. Select Assignments » Pin Planner.
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