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17 years ago

have error in DSP builder when I use signal compiler

when i try to compile singen demo by signal compiler.The error message appears:

Error: Failed to create Quartus II project singen in directory c:\altera\72\quartus\dsp_builder\DesignExamples\Tutorials\GettingStartedSinMdl\singen_dspbuilder.

Error: Error during compilation: Failed to update Quartus II project settings

Pls help me to understand and solve this problem.Thanks you so much !

I am using Matlab R2006b, Quartus 7.2 and DSP builder 7.2 .

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    17 years ago

    Hey there, Have you checked out the trouble shooter section of the DSP Builder User guide? I believe the section titled "Synthesis Flow Does Not Run Properly" (page 13-3 of the version 7.2 user guide) should help.

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    17 years ago

    Thanks for caring. Do you mean i should check environment variable? :) .I am sure that all required environment variables are already set correctly.

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    17 years ago

    Right check environment variable and matlab path...

    Also possibly delete the IP cache folder (the .altera.quartus folder under C:\Document and Settings\<your user name>\)... sometimes it gets corrupted and causes problems...
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    17 years ago

    Hey, wronghorizon, you have just helped me solve an SoPC builder problem I have been chasing for a week.

    The above 'fix' cleared up an issue I was having in my SoPC system not seeing all the DDR2 newer memory controllers in the SoPC componenet list.

    Thanks.

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    17 years ago

    Glad that helped Avatar. I experienced the same problem when I moved from 7.2SP1 to 8.0. Someone ought to document that.

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    17 years ago

    Make sure that you don't have any residual DSP Builder blocks residing in the _import directory (or any of the other directories w/in the project). I had an issue like this in which there were multiple versions of certain FIR filters (but I was only instantiating one of them in the actual MDL file). When the <module_name>_add.tcl file is run in Quartus, it basically looks for any .tcl files in any of the directories and tries to run them. In this case, I traced through the errors in the processing window, and it was trying to load blocks that weren't necessarily valid, just because there were files leftover.

    Hope this helps.

    Jeff
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    14 years ago

    Hi wronghorizon and jjcannon,

    I have tried both of your suggestions. I still have the error:

    "Error: Failed to create Quartus II project FIRFilter in directory D:\altera\11.0\quartus\dsp_builder\Filter and Data Synchronization\FIRFilter_dspbuilder.

    Error: Error during compilation: Failed to update Quartus II project settings"

    when I try to compile with Signal Compiler. Do you have any other suggestions?

    To nguyenthehoang,

    Did you ever find a solution to this problem?

    Thank you all,

    rushale
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    14 years ago

    Hi,

    In my case the problem was resolved by removing the spaces from my project folder name. This was confusing the Signal Compiler.

    Best Regards,

    rushale