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Altera_Forum
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14 years ago

signaltap: Can't find the instance

Hi,

I have a problem about using signaltap, when I press Run analysis,there have an Error: Can't find the instance. Download a design with SRAM Object File containing this instance.

What dose this mean?

Thanks!

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    Altera_Forum
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    14 years ago

    It means, that you have to enable the SignalTyp II instance before compiling the design. The error can also indicate, that you haven't downloaded the recent FPGA image.

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    14 years ago

    Thanks for your reply!

    I download the *.jic file befor run signaltap analysis, then shows the error. Because I want to capture the online data.

    But when I download the *.sof file, then capture the data, there have no error.

    Why?
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    14 years ago

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    But when I download the *.sof file, then capture the data, there have no error.

    Why?

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    I guess, it's a different design.*.jic has to be generated manually, unless you have written scripts that make it after compilation.