Forum Discussion

Altera_Forum's avatar
Altera_Forum
Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
11 years ago

TCL Window to read compile parameters

Is there a way to launch a window to read a few parameters when we hit the compile button in Quartus GUI? I have a pre_flow tcl script that is executed to create a revision for the compile. Now I n...
Altera_Forum's avatar
Altera_Forum
Icon for Honored Contributor rankHonored Contributor
11 years ago

Did you want a pop-up, or do you just want a procedure that someone needs to follow?

A while back I posted some Tcl/Tk GUI tests that would work in the Quartus GUI ...

http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27920

But you can also just add a parameter to the design via Assignments->Settings, Analysis & Synthesis Settings, Default Parameters, and then edit that. The pre-flow script can read that parameter as part of the synthesis flow.

The DSP examples in this tutorial

http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/~dwh/correlator/pdf/esc-104paper_hawkins.pdf

http://www.ovro.caltech.edu/~dwh/correlator/pdf/esc-104code_hawkins.zip

use that method, i.e., you change the EXAMPLE parameter, and the pre-flow script changes the design.

Cheers,

Dave