Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Block-Based Design

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Block-Based Design Flows A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides
1. Block-Based Design Flows x
1.1. Block-Based Design Terminology 1.2. Block-Based Design Overview 1.3. Design Methodologies Overview 1.4. Design Partitioning 1.5. Design Block Reuse Flows 1.6. Incremental Block-Based Compilation Flow 1.7. Combining Design Block Reuse and Incremental Block-Based Compilation 1.8. Setting-Up Team-Based Designs 1.9. Bottom-Up Design Considerations 1.10. Debugging Block-Based Designs with the Signal Tap Logic Analyzer 1.11. Block-Based Design Flows Revision History 1.12. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Block-Based Design Document Archive
1.2. Block-Based Design Overview x
1.2.1. Design Block Reuse Overview 1.2.2. Incremental Block-Based Compilation Overview
1.2.1. Design Block Reuse Overview x
1.2.1.1. Design Block Reuse Examples
1.2.2. Incremental Block-Based Compilation Overview x
1.2.2.1. Incremental Block-Based Compilation Examples
1.3. Design Methodologies Overview x
1.3.1. Top-Down Design Methodology Overview 1.3.2. Bottom-Up Design Methodology Overview 1.3.3. Team-Based Design Methodology Overview
1.4. Design Partitioning x
1.4.1. Planning Partitions for Periphery IP, Clocks, and PLLs 1.4.2. Design Partition Guidelines 1.4.3. Partition Snapshot Preservation and Reuse 1.4.4. Creating Design Partitions
1.5. Design Block Reuse Flows x
1.5.1. Reusing Core Partitions 1.5.2. Reusing Root Partitions 1.5.3. Reserved Core Entity Re-Binding 1.5.4. Viewing Quartus Database File Information
1.5.1. Reusing Core Partitions x
1.5.1.1. Step 1: Developer: Create a Design Partition 1.5.1.2. Step 2: Developer: Compile and Export the Core Partition 1.5.1.3. Step 3: Developer: Create a Black Box File 1.5.1.4. Step 4: Consumer: Add the Core Partition and Compile
1.5.2. Reusing Root Partitions x
1.5.2.1. Step 1: Developer: Create a Reserved Core Partition 1.5.2.2. Step 2: Developer: Define a Logic Lock Region 1.5.2.3. Step 3: Developer: Compile and Export the Root Partition 1.5.2.4. Step 4: Consumer: Add the Root Partition and Compile
1.5.4. Viewing Quartus Database File Information x
1.5.4.1. QDB File Attribute Types
1.6. Incremental Block-Based Compilation Flow x
1.6.1. Incremental Timing Closure 1.6.2. Design Abstraction
1.6.1. Incremental Timing Closure x
1.6.1.1. Incremental Timing Closure Recommendations and Limitations
1.6.2. Design Abstraction x
1.6.2.1. Empty Partition Clock Source Preservation
1.8. Setting-Up Team-Based Designs x
1.8.1. Creating a Top-Level Project for a Team-Based Design
1.8.1. Creating a Top-Level Project for a Team-Based Design x
1.8.1.1. Prepare a Design Partition for Project Integration
1. Block-Based Design Flows
A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides

1.5.4. Viewing Quartus Database File Information

Although you cannot directly read a .qdb file, you can view helpful attributes about the file to quickly identify its contents and suitability for use.

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software automatically stores metadata about the project of origin when you export a Quartus Database File (.qdb). The Intel® Quartus® Prime software automatically stores metadata about the project of origin and resource utilization when you export a Partition Database File (.qdb) from your project. You can then use the Quartus Database File Viewer to display the attributes any of these .qdb files.

Figure 17. Quartus Database File Viewer
Follow these steps to view the attributes of a .qdb file:
  1. In the Intel® Quartus® Prime software, click File > Open, select Design Files for Files of Type, and select a .qdb file.
  2. Click Open. The Quartus Database File Viewer displays project and resource utilization attributes of the .qdb.

    Alternatively, run the following command-line equivalent:

    quartus_cdb --extract_metadata --file <archive_name.qdb> \
     --type quartus --dir <extraction_directory> \
     [--overwrite]

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QDB File Attribute Types

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