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TJohn
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4 years ago

Quartus compile error after upgrade from Quartus 16.0 to 21.1

Quartus issued the following compile error after upgrading a design that compiled correctly with Quartus 16.0 Std to 21.1 Std, "12006 Node instance ".." instantiates undefined entity "..". Ensure th...
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4 years ago

Yes, that was part of my upgrade. Specifically, I copied the entire design directory for the 16.0 design to a new directory with a new name. Opened it with Quartus 21.1 Std, allowed it to overwrite the older version files, then upgraded all the IP including this one from 16.0 to 21.1 except for 1 megacell that was listed as upgrade optional. Then when I started the compile I got the error.