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Altera_Forum
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12 years ago

Which .stp file should be used for SignalTap in Quartus 13.0?

Quartus 13.0 generates 2 .stp files, e.g.: aaa.stp and aaa_auto_stripped.stp. When I tried to use aaa.stp with SignalTap, I got "instance not found" error. When I tried to use aaa_auto_str...
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Altera_Forum
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12 years ago

Hi,

I also switched to QII 13.0 and have no issues. Thus the SignalTap itself is working, but that does not solve your Problem. At least the aaa.stp is the correct file. A Long time ago I had - never discovered why - some issues, that the *.sof download from within the SignalTap window failed and I had to download via the normal programmer...

Finally - QII 13.0 creates an "output files" directory where the *.sof is located by standard configuration, QII 12 did store these files in the normal project directory. Maybe - if you just Switch to QII 13.0 you are still using the *.sof in the normal Project Directory which is outdated? Maybe it's worth to check for *.sof in the Project Directory (including subdirs) to locate the newest one.