Quartus Pro and post-synth QDB for IP cores: Covering more than a single FPGA

Been there, done that. A few times. :)

I saw that a different FPGA should be targetable with post-synthesis snapshots in the online course you referred to.

However the Handbook [1] actually says the opposite, more or less. Section 7.4.1.4 of the Handbook [1] goes: "Because the exported .qdb includes compiled netlist information, the Consumer project must target the same FPGA device part number and use the same Intel Quartus Prime version as the Developer project."

The examples around this section imply that it talks about post-fitting or finalized snapshots, but I didn't see any distinction between synthesized snapshot and the other variants in the text itself. And the part requiring the same Quartus version isn't all that encouraging.

So it's not clear where this stands.

Regards,

Eli

[1] Intel Quartus Prime Pro Edition Handbook Volume 1: Design and Compilation, 2017.11.06 (qts-qpp-handbook.pdf)