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14 years ago

If Quartus II Supscription Edition is necessary for desiging with Stratix IV GT

Dear all,

First, thank you for reading this and thanks in advance for any of your feedback. I am about to start learning how to design with the Transceiver Signal Integrity Development Kit, Stratix IV GT and using Quartus II web edition. But it is not possible to compile designs with this web edition. I will need to buy the subsription edition later. But for now, I wonder if it is possible to simulate design for Stratix IV GT in the web edition of Quartus? And if yes, what else is the limitation of the web edition beside compilation?

Thank you and look forward to any of your words.

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    14 years ago

    You cannot synthesize for Stratix IV devices in the web edition of Quartus.

    You should be able to simulate with the Modelsim Altera Starter Edition. However, if any of the IP is generated in Verilog format, then you must write all your simulation code in Verilog (or SystemVerilog) format, as the starter edition only supports single-language compilation.

    Cheers,

    Dave
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    14 years ago

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    You cannot synthesize for Stratix IV devices in the web edition of Quartus.

    You should be able to simulate with the Modelsim Altera Starter Edition. However, if any of the IP is generated in Verilog format, then you must write all your simulation code in Verilog (or SystemVerilog) format, as the starter edition only supports single-language compilation.

    Cheers,

    Dave

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    Thank you very much for your reply and explanation. Does it mean that it is not possible with the Modelsim starter to simulate the design that uses the predefined functions in Megarfunction? Starter only supports single-language compilation, does this mean without a license, we can only simulate the pure HDL-based designs?

    Regarding to HDL language, both Verilog and VHDL are new for me, which do you recommend me to learn for working with Stratix IV GT?

    Thank you again.
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    14 years ago

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    Does it mean that it is not possible with the Modelsim starter to simulate the design that uses the predefined functions in Megarfunction?

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    The MegaFunctions come with simulation models. Lots of the lower-level components have both Verilog and VHDL support. However, components such as the Avalon-MM bus BFMs and other SOPC/Qsys components are only available in Verilog.

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    Starter only supports single-language compilation, does this mean without a license, we can only simulate the pure HDL-based designs?

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    All designs are pure HDL. The MegaFunctions have HDL simulation models.

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    Regarding to HDL language, both Verilog and VHDL are new for me, which do you recommend me to learn for working with Stratix IV GT?

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    Learn SystemVerilog. Verilog is a subset of that language.

    Cheers,

    Dave