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13 years ago

Is there a way to encrypt design under Quartus?

Hi guys, I have done a design under Quartus II. I am wondering is there a way to encrypt it? I intend to let others do testing on it, but I dont want them to see the source code. Thanks.
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13 years ago

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One thing you can do is use the NativeLink feature of Quartus (or EDA Netlist Writer - maybe its also part of NativeLink) to generate netlists for 3rd-party tools, such as Mentor's ModelSim, Cadence's IES, etc. So, your co-worker can just take this netlist and simulate it with their simulator to verify its functionality without really testing it on a board.

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Thank you, Daniel. I really appreciate it. Could you shed some light on how to use NativeLink to generate netlists for 3rd-party tools? Thanks.