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9 years ago

importing pin assignments

Hi ,

I am using Quartus Prime ver 16.0 lite edition , i tried to import pin assignments for my DE2-115 board from a excel file "DE2_115_pin_assignments.csv" , compiled the project but i noticed the fitter didnt assigned and pin as per .csv file .

I tried the manual approach and from within Pin Planner clicked on the CLK pin and tried to change its assignment , but a message poped up that its read-only ??? .

This a new project creation .

How do i import and force fitter to assign pins as per .csv file ????

Regards ,

Ahmed

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    9 years ago

    Maybe I missed a *.csv import option, I'm always importing pin assignments as tcl commands like 

    set_location_assignment PIN_M20 -to LED_Blue

    They can be easily generated in Excel.
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    9 years ago

    --- Quote Start ---

    Maybe I missed a *.csv import option, I'm always importing pin assignments as tcl commands like 

    set_location_assignment PIN_M20 -to LED_Blue

    They can be easily generated in Excel.

    --- Quote End ---

    How can it be generated in Excel ??
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    9 years ago

    Is this the only way to set pin assignments in Quartus Prime ver 16.0 lite edition, i have also tried importing .qsf file , but it had no effect ????

    So i have to revert back to the old version of Quartus then ????
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    8 years ago

    I wrote my own tcl script for pin assignments , included the file in the project and tried to run it from within tcl console but no success , there are some errors as shown below

    Error:invalid command name "UART_nu.tcl"

    Error: while executing

    Error:"unknown_original UART_nu.tcl"

    Error: ("eval" body line 1)

    Error: invoked from within

    Error:"eval unknown_original $cmd $args"

    Error: (procedure "::unknown" line 7)

    Error: invoked from within

    Error:"UART_nu.tcl"

    dir

    Error:invalid command name "dir"

    Error: while executing

    Error:"unknown_original dir"

    Error: ("eval" body line 1)

    Error: invoked from within

    Error:"eval unknown_original $cmd $args"

    Error: (procedure "::unknown" line 7)

    Error: invoked from within

    Error:"dir"

    UART_nu.tcl

    Error:invalid command name "UART_nu.tcl"

    Error: while executing

    Error:"unknown_original UART_nu.tcl"

    Error: ("eval" body line 1)

    Error: invoked from within

    Error:"eval unknown_original $cmd $args"

    Error: (procedure "::unknown" line 7)

    Error: invoked from within

    Error:"UART_nu.tcl"
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    8 years ago

    I can't help much without seeing the script, but as far as the Pin Planner is concerned, try closing your project and trashing the db folder. Then reopen your project and go back into the Pin Planner to try to make manual assignments again.

    As far as the .csv file is concerned, I'd have to see the format you have in the file. If the format is not correct, you won't be able to use it for import.
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    8 years ago

    Solved the problem , within tcl console i wrote "source <de2_pins.tcl>" and it worked