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Altera_Forum
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13 years ago

Using a tcl script to assign pins

Is it possible to use a tcl script file to make I/O pin assignments instead of using the Pin Planner? I tried doing that with a script file such as the following: package require ::...
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13 years ago

I did generate the Tcl file for an implemented project and the statements in my example script are of the same form as in generated file, I just stripped out a lot of stuff that didn't appear to be necessary to just set the pin assignments. The implemented project was for a Max II whereas the current project is for a Cyclone II. I assumed the formats would be the same. Is that correct?

It would take me quite a while to figure out the tcl syntax; a pity Quartus isn't using Python.