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Interpara
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1 year 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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sstrell
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1 year ago

As mentioned, board files weren't a thing when Cyclone IV came out. Also, the board you mention is a Terasic board, not Altera/Intel, so it would not be included in the installation for sure.

What feature are you looking for that you want to get from a board file?

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    Interpara
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    1 year ago

    As I mentioned above, in another ecosystem I worked with, the Board file provided convenience for configuring peripherals that were outside our FPGA but still on the board. My expectation is the same here.