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

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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

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1. Block-Based Design Flows

1.1. Block-Based Design Terminology

1.2. Block-Based Design Overview

1.2.1. Design Block Reuse Overview

1.2.1.1. Design Block Reuse Examples

1.2.2. Incremental Block-Based Compilation Overview

1.3. Design Methodologies Overview

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

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

1.5.1. Reusing Core Partitions

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

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

1.5.3. Reserved Core Entity Re-Binding

1.5.4. Viewing Quartus Database File Information

1.5.4.1. QDB File Attribute Types

1.6. Incremental Block-Based Compilation Flow

1.6.1. Design Abstraction

1.6.1.1. Empty Partition Clock Source Preservation

1.7. Setting-Up Team-Based Designs

1.7.1. Creating a Top-Level Project for a Team-Based Design

1.7.1.1. Prepare a Design Partition for Project Integration

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

A. Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guides