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12 years ago

try to find bitstream size and area estimates in Quartus stratix V

Hi 1. Is there a way to find bitstream size of a specific mapping in Quartus? By using .sof file? But it seems to be for total board. Is there a way to find numbers for active/utilized par...
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12 years ago

It depends on what the value will be used for. If it is so that you know how much flash memory you need to store the configuration, then you need to use the full bitstream size. You could also use the compressed size for information, but you risk having a size that will increase even for a small change in the design.