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11 years ago --- Quote Start --- Well, actually I have some experience with VHDL and have already done some testing and experimenting with a BeMicro kit. --- Quote End --- Great! Which BeMicro kit? There are three; BeMicro (with a red PCB ), BeMicro-SDK, and BeMicro-CV. --- Quote Start --- The thing is that Quartus is more complicated than the language itself. --- Quote End --- Sure, this goes for all complicated tools :) --- Quote Start --- Also I'm learning by my self so there is no body I can ask other than on this forum. --- Quote End --- You're welcome to ask questions here. I was just trying to understand what you had figured out so far. --- Quote Start --- Most of the time I manage to find my way through the difficulties but some times I get stuck like in this case. I managed to get a ALTPLL working but I want to make it configurable and here is where I need help. --- Quote End --- There is an ALTPLL_RECONFIG core, have you tried using it? The main thing you need to understand, is that you should be using Modelsim to start with, and only once you have a testbench working well, then test in hardware. So, task# 1 for you is to instantiate an ALTPLL_RECONFIG component in a testbench, and then write stimulus to access its serial reconfiguration interface. I think there is an example that comes with the MegaCore user manual ... yep, there are several ... http://www.altera.com/literature/lit-ug.jsp Try those examples, and if you get stuck, ask questions. Cheers, Dave