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Stratix III FPGA development kit
I believe I have clearly identified the problem. The problem is the license! I performed a clean installation of Quartus 13.1 subscription edition on a new machine running Windows 7 (I repeated the same procedure with Windows 10 and 11). After installing Quartus and all the devices included in the full package, the installer launched Quartus and I am presented with the options for license handling. When I choose 'Run for 30 days without a license' (evaluation), the Stratix III family appears perfectly among the selectable families for the project. However, when I select the option 'Specify valid license file' and provide the path to the license file generated via SSL, the Stratix family no longer appears among the selectable options for the project. I am generating the license using the 'Sign up for Evaluation or No-Cost Licenses' option available in the SSLC and I have been selecting the options 'Discontinued – Quartus® II Software (License: SW-QUARTUS-WE-FIX)' and 'Discontinued - Nios® II/f Processor FPGA IP (License: IP-NIOS)', because I use Nios II in my undergraduate courses. I did not find any specific option to specify that the target family is Stratix III, so I believe this might be the problem. I also tried to generate a license using the 'Find and Generate License by Activation Code' option available in the SSL, but when I enter the Activation Code, the tool reports 'Error: License Generation Not Allowed When Web Display Flag Is False.'
How should I proceed in this case, since Stratix III only runs on Quartus 13.1 subscription, and therefore I need a license that activates Quartus but does not block the use of the Stratix III family?
- RichardT_altera2 months ago
Super Contributor
Thanks for debugging and identifying the root cause.
Do you have a valid license file for the Quartus Prime Standard or Pro Edition Software?
If so, have you use the respective license file to setup for Quartus II 13.1 Subscription Edition?
If the issue still persists, could you share the license file with me for further investigation?
You may send it to me via private message instead of posting it publicly.
Regards,
Richard Tan- RichardT_altera1 month ago
Super Contributor
bsneves
I think you might have miss my latest response.
Could you help check the above inquiries?
Regards,
Richard Tan