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14 years ago

Quartus II Web Edition SP2 throws a license error

Hi,

i searched for this error before, but i just found a thread without an answer, and also the thread's topic does not match my problem. I get the following error:

Info: Command: quartus_map --read_settings_files=on --write_settings_files=off sha1 -c sha1

Error (20005): A license file is required to enable compilation of your design for the Cyclone family of devices

Error: Quartus II 32-bit Analysis & Synthesis was unsuccessful. 1 error, 0 warnings

I use the linux version of Quartus II Web Edition SP2 and I'm just trying to execute some java code, which uses Quartus to compute a boolean equation from a sha1 SystemVerilog implementation. I'm not familiar with quartus 2, so i hope for some help here.

my project is about attacking cryptographic primitives like hash functions with sat-solvers and with the help of some java code and quartus II it should be possible to create a boolean CNF formula, which i can pass to the sat solver (for more information search for "Cryptlogver" on google).

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    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

    I think the error message is misleading. What is is probably trying to say is that the Cyclone I devices are not supported in Q II Web 11.1sp2.

    Change your device type to Cyclone II, III, or IV and you'll be fine.

    If you want to actually produce a programming file for a Cyclone I device, then you'll need to download an earlier version of Web Edition.

    Cheers,

    Dave
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    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

    Hi,

    i tried the quartus II web edition 11.0 sp 1 and all worked fine, thank's alot!