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SeanAB
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6 months ago

ALTPLL will not get installed in Platform Builder

Quartus Prime Lite 24.1 on Windows

1. I am able to add ALTPLL as a component to blank project without issue. The wizard builds the files no problem. I was able to do the basic blink mux counter project.

2. Platform Designer is another story. When attempting to add ALTPLL via Platform Designer, click Finish in the Wizard and the component gets cleared out.

In version 23.1 there was a fatal error per this message: Why do I get a fatal error when creating an ALTPLL IP? Now, there is no error, just nothing.

Is there a work around?

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  • KennyT_altera's avatar
    KennyT_altera
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    6 months ago

    Can you try on 25.1.1 quartus that is just release? Also may I know which version of windows that you are using?


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    KennyT_altera
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    6 months ago

    The previous KDB pointed is listed with a Fatal error, from your side, do you see any error message?




    • SeanAB's avatar
      SeanAB
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      6 months ago

      @KennyTan_Altera thank you for the response.

      Replying to both responses:

      1. I am using Quartus Prime Lite 24.1 for a MAX10 10M50 Evaluation Kit. Pro edition 25.1.1 is not possible.

      2. There is no error message. It just closes without adding the ATPLL

      After implementing the fix shared in an older Stack Exchange post, the wizard completes successfully.

  • KennyT_altera's avatar
    KennyT_altera
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    6 months ago

    This is the soln you implement, right?


    The issue is that qmegawiz command returns with status 1 which means "Cancel", so the tcl interprets the result as the user had clicked "Cancel" instead of "Finish". As a dirty hack I changed the following line

    if { $status != 0 } {

    to

    if { $status != 0 && $status != 1} {

    in ~/intelfpga_lite/20.1/ip/altera/sopc_builder_ip/altera_avalon_mega_common/sopc_mwizc.tcl

    and it works. The "Cancel" button doesn't work after this of course but it's a far smaller issue.


  • SeanAB's avatar
    SeanAB
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    6 months ago

    @KennyTan_Altera

    That is correct. The path to the file in Quartus Primer Standard / Lite 24.1 is C:\intelFPGA_lite\24.1std\ip\altera\sopc_builder_ip\altera_avalon_mega_common. The line to modify is around line 1050.