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DrWhoFan
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How to use SignalTap II within Quartus Programmer?

Is there any documentation on how to use SignalTap II with the standalone Quartus Programmer Tool which doesn't require a license? I see nothing in the Quartus Prime Pro Edition Programmer user guid...
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    1 year ago

    You just start it from the Start menu.

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1 year ago

If a programming file for a design that includes Signal Tap has been created, you can use the standalone programmer to program the device and connect to and run the Signal Tap instances included in the design. That's really all there is to it.

You can't make any changes to the design or Signal Tap instances without a full installation of Quartus.

This is documented in the debug tools user guide, not the Programmer user guide: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683819/25-1/running-the-standalone-version-of.html

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    DrWhoFan
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    1 year ago

    Silly question, but is there a way to invoke the SignalTap analyzer within the programmer? I see nothing for it in the menu selection after I programmed my design with the *.sof file that contains the defined Signaltap signals. This is for a Max 10 device.

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      sstrell
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      1 year ago

      You just start it from the Start menu.

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        DrWhoFan
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        1 year ago

        Okay, so it's not from within the Programmer, it's a standalone application? I'll have to check. When IT installed it, none of the icons showed up on the desktop, I had to go looking for the executable. Also, I haven't used Quartus/SignalTap since the Quartus II days and I've just inherited someone else's project I need to debug. Thanks, again!