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

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Date 11/07/2023
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Answers to Top FAQs 1. Block-Based Design Flows A. 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. Setting-Up Team-Based Designs 1.8. Bottom-Up Design Considerations 1.9. Debugging Block-Based Designs with the Signal Tap Logic Analyzer 1.10. Block-Based Design Flows Revision History 1.11. 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
1.3. 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. Creating Design Partitions 1.4.3. Design Partition Guidelines
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. Design Abstraction
1.6.1. Design Abstraction x
1.6.1.1. Empty Partition Clock Source Preservation
1.7. Setting-Up Team-Based Designs x
1.7.1. Creating a Top-Level Project for a Team-Based Design
1.7.1. Creating a Top-Level Project for a Team-Based Design x
1.7.1.1. Prepare a Design Partition for Project Integration
Answers to Top FAQs
1. Block-Based Design Flows
A. Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides

1. Block-Based Design Flows

The Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software supports block-based design flows, also known as modular or hierarchical design flows.

You can designate a design block as a design partition in order to reuse the block. A design partition is a logical, named, hierarchical boundary assignment that you can apply to a design instance. Block-based design flows enable the following:

  • Design block reuse—export and reuse of design blocks in other projects

You can reuse design blocks with the same periphery configuration, share a synthesized design block with another designer, or replicate placed and routed IP in another project. Design, implement, and verify core or periphery blocks once, and then reuse those blocks multiple times across different projects that use the same device.


Section Content
Block-Based Design Terminology
Block-Based Design Overview
Design Methodologies Overview
Design Partitioning
Design Block Reuse Flows
Incremental Block-Based Compilation Flow
Setting-Up Team-Based Designs
Bottom-Up Design Considerations
Debugging Block-Based Designs with the Signal Tap Logic Analyzer
Block-Based Design Flows Revision History
Quartus Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Block-Based Design Document Archive

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