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FMCC
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3 years ago

Quartus Prime Lite not showing circuit node name from from Block Diagram/Schematic File

I teach at a college where we used Quartus II and Cyclone II boards to make digital circuits. I'm evaluating Quartus Prime Lite and a replacement board, the Cyclone V. The software looks to be quite ...
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sstrell
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3 years ago

You didn't add the design file to the project. The Project Navigator only shows a design called baseline_c5gx. If this schematic is to be the top-level of your design (connected to the I/O), you have to add it as a design file to the project (Project menu) and set it as the top-level design entity.

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FMCC
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3 years ago

Hello sstrell,

You were correct. I made the design file the top level entity and the nodes appeared! Thanks.

So I then assigned pin locations. To do this I had to look down the list and cut the location from one of the listed nodes and paste it in the nodes at the top of the list. I then recompiled the project without any errors.

Next I'm trying to upload the project to my board using the programmer. I'm having some problems here. The board is currently connected to my PC and is on. Previously, when we used the DE2 boards when we selected the Hardware button we had a choice to select USB Blaster. However, currently there is no hardware to be selected. I went to Add Device and I selected my board but no luck. Any thoughts?