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15 years ago

Cyclone IV GX starter kit, is there a PCIe example?

I've bought a Cyclone IV GX starter kit thinking that it would kickstart my PCIe development. I'm now completely overwhelmed, and I'm hoping someone can point me at a PCIe example that I can just com...
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14 years ago

I get the exact same error message when I try to compile the Cyclone IV GX example downloaded from https://www.altera.com/support/software/download/refdesigns/ip/interface/dnl-pciexpress-hp.jsp. I tried using Quartus II 10.1 and 11.0, and got the same error.

If I add a PCIe core to a design using the MegaWizard, then open the chaining DMA example project that the wizard creates in a subdirectory of my design, that design compiels. Looking at the QSF file, it looks like the mega-wizard example does not set up pin locations or voltages.