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17 years ago

Looking for Equations

mabuhay! everyone:D ,

i'm a newbie using qII6.0 (quartus6.0). i'm reading a basic tutorial in verilog design it and uses ver5.0.

http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ece576/de2/tut_quartus_intro_verilog.pdf (http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/ece576/de2/tut_quartus_intro_verilog.pdf)

i was following the compilation instruction TO THE LETTER but i was surprised when I got to the part where the tutorial tells me I can view the synthesized equation of my design (page 14) I can't seem to find (or follow) analysis and synthesis > equations on the left side of the compilation report. This is of utmost importance to my studies and my designs. i'd appreciate any help. I really have to know where the output equations of my synthesis can be found.

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    17 years ago

    You need to generate equation files to be able to see them in the compilation report window. Equation files became optional a few Quartus versions ago. See http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=13338 for instructions for generating the equations on demand. A setting is listed there that lists you generate them every compile.

    It's a shame that you are not using version 8.0 for your course. Quartus has had many enhancements since 6.0.
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    17 years ago

    thanks brad,

    i'l do exactly what u just taught me. btw, i just copied qII6.0 from a friend, he said theres not much difference between ver6.0 and ver8.0, but i think i'l take your word over his.once again, maraming salamat and mabuhay from the philippines:D.
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    17 years ago

    Although there are lots of differences between versions 6.0 and 8.0, the ones that come to mind that are important for learning FPGA design are the enhancements to TimeQuest. If you are doing much with timing analysis, then do it with the latest version of TimeQuest. (And definitely use TimeQuest instead of the Classic Timing Analyzer unless your course requires use of the older timing analyzer.) SOPC Builder and Nios tools and Quartus features for incremental compilation also have changed a lot, but I doubt that you care about any of those right now.

    You can download version 8.0 from https://www.altera.com/support/software/download/sof-download_center.html. You probably have a license that will work with any version. You can keep 6.0 installed (it's OK to have more than one version on the same machine) if you want the option of going back to something closer to your antiquated course instructions.