Quartus II web edition licensing

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Does Quartus II v11 sp1 (web edition) supported by Win 7 (64 bit)?

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http://www.altera.com/download/os-support/oss-index.html

Footnote 1 implies yes, but then footnote 2 says no :)

Though technically it says

"The Quartus II Web Edition software is supported on the 32-bit versions of the operating systems."

Which doesn't mean it won't work, it just means if you have a problem, you cannot file a service request and expect to get any help.

Just install Virtual PC or VirtualBox+WindowsXP and install it there.

Cheers,

Dave

Dave,

I went back to basics- I tried to create a new small project and it compiled !!! :)

So, the problem, as you pointed out in beginning- that my existing project ( someone else was working on it); and am taking it over- might have used some paid or licensed IP.

So, figured out the mystery.

I can go back find that IPs (separate topic though)

Thanks a lot for being here replying my questions.

rrk

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I went back to basics- I tried to create a new small project and it compiled !!! :)

So, the problem, as you pointed out in beginning- that my existing project ( someone else was working on it); and am taking it over- might have used some paid or licensed IP.

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No, if you read the error message, it was probably because you were trying to use a Cyclone device. Go and look at the device settings in the non-working project and in the working project. See if one is a Cyclone I device and the other is a Cyclone II/III/IV device.

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So, figured out the mystery.

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No, you have just got a different result. You still need to find where you went wrong :)

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Thanks a lot for being here replying my questions.

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You're welcome.

Cheers,

Dave

PS. The Cyclone I vs Cyclone II/III/IV comment came about from another thread that appears to have the same error message:

http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35333

Error (20005): A license file is required to enable compilation of your design for the Cyclone family of devices

Actually,

the issue that the particular project doesnt compile with v11 sp1 (web edition) and asks for license, may or may not be because it has license IP or paid IP.

This particular project was built using version 7.0.

Is it a straightforward way to just open this old project with v11 sp1 and say compile- does this require license?

If this project has any payable IP used earlier, how can I check those IPs now?

Thanks

rrk

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This particular project was built using version 7.0.

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Which device was the project targeting? If the device is too old, 11.1sp1 will not support it. The error message implies you are trying to compile for the Cyclone series, of which Cyclone I devices are not supported.

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If this project has any payable IP used earlier, how can I check those IPs now?

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Look at the code. The tool should tell you which IP cores require a license.

Cheers,

Dave

Hey Dave,

You are absolutely correct.

The project which was built using ver 7.0 was built with Cyclone family (cyclone I).

Some how I managed to install the ver 7.0 and it compiles just fine with it and I verified this info.

Now, the next task is to bring this project up to the current family say Cyclone II, so that I can use the newer version of Quartus.

Do you foresee to redo the project with new device or is there any way out? Please advise

Thanks

rrk

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the next task is to bring this project up to the current family say Cyclone II, so that I can use the newer version of Quartus.

Do you foresee to redo the project with new device or is there any way out?

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Usually a project targets a specific board. If your board has a Cyclone I device, then you need to use a version of Quartus that supports Cyclone I. I'm not sure when they dropped support for Cyclone I in the web edition, but its most likely the last 10.x version.

If your design is really just to learn VHDL and it doesn't really target any hardware, then you can just create a new project, import the VHDL and .SDC (timing constraints) file and synthesize for a Cyclone IV.

Cheers,

Dave

Hi all,

I am using quartus 9.1 webedition. I am trying to read a text file and trying to simulate and see the results in the quartus simulator. I dont have any errors. But still it is not reading. The same program works well with modelsim. So quartus simulator doesn't support this feature.

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So quartus simulator doesn't support this feature

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The newer versions of Quartus do not have a simulator. The Altera developers realized they had better things to do than try to reproduce Modelsim.

Use Modelsim for simulation, and Quartus for synthesis.

Cheers,

Dave