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9 years ago

ieee.fixed_pkg in Quartus Prime 16.0 Lite Edition

Hi, I just recently started fiddling with FPGAs and I am currently trying to learn VHDL 2008. One of the textbooks I am following has an example of a MAC implementation that uses a type calle...
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9 years ago

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That is the pure 2008 code, 2008 allows generics on packages and you have to create a "new" version of a package with the generics set before you can use it in your design. The file you found is an instantiation of the fixed_generic_pkg.

Only the pro versions (15.1 and 16.0) should support the packages, not the prime versions. They're probably just included in the installation by default.

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I see! Thanks again.