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16 years ago

resource use

i used cyclone4 FPGA for my new design.but when the FPGA project is compiled ,i found that the use of the FPGA resource is 0 .what is the matter?

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    16 years ago

    Have you got warning (or error) messages like "do not drive logics" "stuck to VCC or GND" when you compile with Quartus ?

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    16 years ago

    some output pins ,i have assigned value ,but some pins ,i leave them nc

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    16 years ago

    Or signals are stuck to Vcc or GND. (reset always active, no clock....)

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    16 years ago

    If your design doesn't have any output (i.e. doesn't drive any signal on an output pin) it will be optimized away by Quartus.