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

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Document Table of Contents x
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

1.5.4. 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 Quartus® Prime software automatically stores metadata about the project of origin when you export a Quartus Database File (.qdb). You can then use the Quartus Database File Viewer to display the attributes of any of these .qdb files.

Follow these steps to view the attributes of a .qdb file:
  1. In the 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]
    Figure 17. Quartus Database File Viewer

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QDB File Attribute Types

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