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8 years ago

An issue about compiling the OpenCL to FPGA

Hi, I met an issue about compiling the OpenCL HelloWorld/Vector_add code to FPGA. Quartus Prime can offload the VHDL code into the FPGA board but the OpenCL SDK and compiler can not progra...
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8 years ago

OpenCL "compilation" has nothing to do with the diagnose script returning success or not. Your compilation is failing because you are using Quartus v17.0, while Terasic provides BSPs only for v16.0 and v16.1. You MUST use the same Quartus version as your BSP version. It is preferred to use the latest subversion (e.g. Quartus 16.0.2 with BSP v16.0 or Quartus v16.1.2 with BSP v16.1) unless the manufacturer specifically instructs you use a specific subversion.

Your diagnose script is failing since you either do not have the board correctly installed on your machine, or it is not being detected correctly. Terasic has detailed instructions of the steps you need to take to install the board and the driver in their OpenCL manual. Make sure you are using a supported OS (e.g. Ubuntu is NOT supported).