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Interpara
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6 months ago

Quartus Prime Lite cannot find Board files

I have Quartus Lite 18.1 installed on my computer. The board I'm gonna use is DE2-115. As you can see from the image below I have already installed device files for Cyclone IV devices: However...
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6 months ago

Hi,


I know your problem now. Under Family, Device & Board Settings, you have to choose the device from Device tab and not from the Board tab.


Thanks,

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Sheng


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6 months ago

Yes, it seems to be existed on Device tab as I said at the beginning. However, I want to choose my Board. I don't have comprehensive knowledge in Intel eco-system but as far as I know, in other ecosystems, selecting a Board file instead of directly choosing the FPGA part was beneficial. It included configurations specific to that board, making things easier for us. It made communication easier with peripherals that are not part of the FPGA but are on the board. For instance DDR controller. Maybe this isn’t the case in Intel’s ecosystem—I’m not sure. Is there really no way to select the DE2-115 as a Board at all?