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14 years ago

How do I get Quartus to import vhdl blocks into a bdf block?

I'm an old ASIC designer moving into the FPGA world, so I'm both a newbi and old hat. I'm trying to pull an existing VHDL block into a .bdf schematic block. I click block tool, add a block, name i...
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14 years ago

Open up the VHDL file

Go to file -> create - > create schematic from design file (or something along those lines)

Then it will create a .bsf for your block that you can import into any bdf.

Be aware though - only basic types on IOs (std_logic, signed/unsigned, integer) are supported for conversion. Dont attempt it with record or non-standard array types.