Tutorial: Using the USB-Blaster as an SOPC/Qsys Avalon-MM master

Hi,

I'm following the Altera JTAG-to-Avalon-MM Tutorial, version 1.0 from March 14, 2012.

I'm using Quartus webedition 10.1 no SP installed.

I also uses the corresponding free Modelsim version 6.6c

The reason I uses 10.1 is that I have a Cyclone 1 board.

Cyclone 1 is not supported in Quartus 11 and higher.

I'm following the document and follow the SOPC flow, as QSys is not recommended for this version according to the document

I can follow the document but run into a problem on page 19.

There it says:

- Run the simulation

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VSIM> vsim -t ps +nowarnTFMPC sopc_system_jtag_master_tb

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This gives an error in Modelsim

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# Loading work.altera_avalon_st_pipeline_base# ** Error: (vsim-3043) c:/temp/altera_jtag_to_avalon_mm_tutorial/hdl/sopc_system/test/sopc_system_jtag_master_tb.sv(122): Unresolved reference to 'jtag_master_inst' in dut.the_jtag_master.jtag_master_inst.# Region: /sopc_system_jtag_master_tb# Error loading design

Modelsim>

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When I go to this file and line 122 it says:

line 117:        // --------------------------------------------------------
line 118:        // JTAG reset
line 119:        // --------------------------------------------------------
line 120:        //
line 121:        $display(" * Reset the JTAG controller");
line 122:        `VTAP.reset_jtag_state;    

When I search on VTAP it says at line 36 the following:

line 36: // Quartus 11.1sp1
line 37: // ---------------
line 38: `define VTAP dut.the_jtag_master.jtag_master_inst.jtag_phy_embedded_in_jtag_master.normal.jtag_dc_streaming.jtag_streaming.node
line 39: 
line 40: // Quartus 10.0
line 41: // ------------
line 42: // The component hierarchy is slightly different for Quartus versions
line 43: // earlier than 11.1sp1. The sopc_system_jtag_master_tb.do script
line 44: // JTAG master nodes also change names.
line 45: //`define VTAP dut.the_jtag_master.jtag_master.normal.altera_jtag_avalon_master_pli_off_inst.the_altera_jtag_avalon_master_jtag_interface_pli_off.altera_jtag_avalon_master_jtag_interface_pli_off.normal.jtag_dc_streaming.jtag_streaming.node

By commenting the 11.1sp1 define (line 38) and un-commenting the 10.0 version (line 45) it works.

(Just sharing information sofar for solving this problem)

When I then do the next line

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VSIM> do $TUTORIAL/hdl/sopc_system/scripts/sopc_system_jtag_master_tb.do

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it gives an error on the jtag_master signals:

#  ** Error: (vish-4014) No objects found matching '/sopc_system_jtag_master_tb/dut/the_jtag_master/master_write'.#  Executing ONERROR command at macro c:\temp\altera_jtag_to_avalon_mm_tutorial\hdl\sopc_system\scripts\sopc_system_jtag_master_tb.do line 9#  ** Error: (vish-4014) No objects found matching '/sopc_system_jtag_master_tb/dut/the_jtag_master/master_read'.#  Executing ONERROR command at macro c:\temp\altera_jtag_to_avalon_mm_tutorial\hdl\sopc_system\scripts\sopc_system_jtag_master_tb.do line 10#  ** Error: (vish-4014) No objects found matching '/sopc_system_jtag_master_tb/dut/the_jtag_master/master_address'.#  Executing ONERROR command at macro c:\temp\altera_jtag_to_avalon_mm_tutorial\hdl\sopc_system\scripts\sopc_system_jtag_master_tb.do line 11#  ** Error: (vish-4014) No objects found matching '/sopc_system_jtag_master_tb/dut/the_jtag_master/master_byteenable'.#  Executing ONERROR command at macro c:\temp\altera_jtag_to_avalon_mm_tutorial\hdl\sopc_system\scripts\sopc_system_jtag_master_tb.do line 12#  ** Error: (vish-4014) No objects found matching '/sopc_system_jtag_master_tb/dut/the_jtag_master/master_writedata'.#  Executing ONERROR command at macro c:\temp\altera_jtag_to_avalon_mm_tutorial\hdl\sopc_system\scripts\sopc_system_jtag_master_tb.do line 13#  ** Error: (vish-4014) No objects found matching '/sopc_system_jtag_master_tb/dut/the_jtag_master/master_readdata'.#  Executing ONERROR command at macro c:\temp\altera_jtag_to_avalon_mm_tutorial\hdl\sopc_system\scripts\sopc_system_jtag_master_tb.do line 14#  ** Error: (vish-4014) No objects found matching '/sopc_system_jtag_master_tb/dut/the_jtag_master/master_waitrequest'.#  Executing ONERROR command at macro c:\temp\altera_jtag_to_avalon_mm_tutorial\hdl\sopc_system\scripts\sopc_system_jtag_master_tb.do line 15#  ** Error: (vish-4014) No objects found matching '/sopc_system_jtag_master_tb/dut/the_jtag_master/master_readdatavalid'.#  Executing ONERROR command at macro c:\temp\altera_jtag_to_avalon_mm_tutorial\hdl\sopc_system\scripts\sopc_system_jtag_master_tb.do line 16

Is this a quartus 10.1 specific error?

Or is this an error in the defined waves in the do-file?

Rgds,

Kimberley