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13 years ago

DSE (Design Space Explorer) Limited Settings available

In the DSE settings dialog box I'm only seeing two options for Effort Level (when the Search for Best Performance button is selected): Low (Seed Sweep) and Medium (Extra Effort Space). On a dif...
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13 years ago

Note that the source code for dse is included with the Quartus install:

quartus/common/tcl/apps/dse/dse.tcl

The license text at the top of the file says you are allowed to make changes so it sounds like it should be quite easy to make Cyclone III LS show the same options as Cyclone III. That being said there may be a reason why some spaces are omitted (e.g. the compiler itself might not support those options(?)).