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13 years ago

The library usage in Quartus

In menu of setting, there is a category "Libraries". I have never use any other libraries so this category is always empty. I just wonder what is the library used for? When I programmed VHDL, w...
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13 years ago

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If you know C++, then it's easy: the concept of a VHDL library is akin to a C++ namespace. That's all.

In Verilog, there's no notion of this.

If you need to use third-party IP, you'll need some kind of Verilog/VHDL/AHDL file.

It may not be the original source code, though.

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That is clear. Thanks very much!