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Altera_Forum
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18 years ago

Software exchange.

Hi, Does anybody knows if we could use another piece of software with the Altera Cyclone II FPGA Starter Kit? - I have many troubles using the QUARTUS || Software, mainly the Library folder fro...
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Altera_Forum
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18 years ago

Not sure, if Orcad 9.0 provides a library for Altera, or indicates that it will output a netlist (edif) that is Altera acceptable, or it outputs generic HDL code (VHDL or Verilog), then you should be able to use it just fine.

You will need to ask OrCAD (Cadence) that question.

You will need to tell them the version of Altera tools you are suing as well.

Good luck.