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9 years ago

How to automatically add I/O pins tobdf in Quartus II

Dear All,

does anybody know if there is a way to automatically (via a script tcl or something else) add I/O pins

to a bdf? I'm looking around but don't see anything.

Thanks a lot in advance.

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    I'm curious as to why you would want to do this i.e. creating a script in the first place requires effort and is not automatic in itself so why not simply place the pins in the bdf?

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    One of my favorite things is in a .bdf right-click on a symbol and Generate Pins for Symbol(or something like that). If I'm creating a test design with 2-3 components, it's often quicker to visualize the connections(especially a test you're showing to others) and I find this a great way to add them.

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    Hi de-em,

    script editing is much faster than GUI interaction when you have a lot of entities with similar names.

    Massimo
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    This is an idea, I can generate a dummy vhdl for the port definition, istantiate the related symbol in the Top bdf then right-click and "Generated pins for Symbol"

    A little bit tricky but it should work. Thanks Rysc.