Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guide: Scripting

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Date 9/24/2018
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Document Table of Contents x
1. Command Line Scripting 2. Tcl Scripting A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guides
1. Command Line Scripting x
1.1. Benefits of Command-Line Executables 1.2. Introductory Example 1.3. Command-Line Scripting Help 1.4. Project Settings with Command-Line Options 1.5. Compilation with quartus_sh --flow 1.6. Text-Based Report Files 1.7. Using Command-Line Executables in Scripts 1.8. Common Scripting Examples 1.9. The QFlow Script 1.10. Document Revision History
1.4. Project Settings with Command-Line Options x
1.4.1. Option Precedence
1.8. Common Scripting Examples x
1.8.1. Create a Project and Apply Constraints 1.8.2. Check Design File Syntax 1.8.3. Create a Project and Synthesize a Netlist Using Netlist Optimizations 1.8.4. Archive and Restore Projects 1.8.5. Perform I/O Assignment Analysis 1.8.6. Update Memory Contents Without Recompiling 1.8.7. Create a Compressed Configuration File 1.8.8. Fit a Design as Quickly as Possible 1.8.9. Fit a Design Using Multiple Seeds
2. Tcl Scripting x
2.1. Tool Command Language 2.2. Intel® Quartus® Prime Tcl Packages 2.3. Intel® Quartus® Prime Tcl API Help 2.4. End-to-End Design Flows 2.5. Creating Projects and Making Assignments 2.6. Compiling Designs 2.7. Reporting 2.8. Timing Analysis 2.9. Automating Script Execution 2.10. Other Scripting Features 2.11. The Intel® Quartus® Prime Tcl Shell in Interactive Mode Example 2.12. The tclsh Shell 2.13. Tcl Scripting Basics 2.14. Tcl Scripting Revision History
2.2. Intel® Quartus® Prime Tcl Packages x
2.2.1. Loading Packages
2.3. Intel® Quartus® Prime Tcl API Help x
2.3.1. Command-Line Options 2.3.2. The Intel® Quartus® Prime Tcl Console Window
2.3.1. Command-Line Options x
2.3.1.1. Run a Tcl Script 2.3.1.2. Interactive Shell Mode 2.3.1.3. Evaluate as Tcl
2.6. Compiling Designs x
2.6.1. The flow Package 2.6.2. Compile All Revisions
2.7. Reporting x
2.7.1. Saving Report Data in csv Format
2.9. Automating Script Execution x
2.9.1. Execution Example 2.9.2. Controlling Processing 2.9.3. Displaying Messages
2.10. Other Scripting Features x
2.10.1. Natural Bus Naming 2.10.2. Short Option Names 2.10.3. Collection Commands 2.10.4. The post_message Command 2.10.5. Accessing Command-Line Arguments 2.10.6. The quartus() Array
2.10.3. Collection Commands x
2.10.3.1. The foreach_in_collection Command 2.10.3.2. The get_collection_size Command
2.10.5. Accessing Command-Line Arguments x
2.10.5.1. The cmdline Package
2.13. Tcl Scripting Basics x
2.13.1. Hello World Example 2.13.2. Variables 2.13.3. Substitutions 2.13.4. Arithmetic 2.13.5. Lists 2.13.6. Arrays 2.13.7. Control Structures 2.13.8. Procedures 2.13.9. File I/O 2.13.10. Syntax and Comments 2.13.11. External References
2.13.3. Substitutions x
2.13.3.1. Variable Value Substitution 2.13.3.2. Nested Command Substitution 2.13.3.3. Backslash Substitution
1. Command Line Scripting
2. Tcl Scripting
A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guides

1.10. Document Revision History

Table 3.  Document Revision History
Date Version Changes
2017.05.08 17.0.0
  • Reorganized content on topics: Benefits of Command-Line Executables and Project Settings with Command-Line Options.
2015.11.02 15.1.0 Changed instances of Quartus II to Intel® Quartus® Prime .
2015.05.04 15.0.0 Remove descriptions of makefile support that was removed from software in 14.0.
December 2014 14.1.0 Updated DSE II commands.
June 2014 14.0.0 Updated formatting.
November 2013 13.1.0 Removed information about -silnet qmegawiz command
June 2012 12.0.0 Removed survey link.
November 2011 11.0.1 Template update.
May 2011 11.0.0 Corrected quartus_qpf example usage.

Updated examples.

December 2010 10.1.0 Template update.

Added section on using a script to regenerate megafunction variations.

Removed references to the Classic Timing Analyzer (quartus_tan).

Removed Qflow illustration.

July 2010 10.0.0 Updated script examples to use quartus_sta instead of quartus_tan, and other minor updates throughout document.
November 2009 9.1.0 Updated Table 2–1 to add quartus_jli and quartus_jbcc executables and descriptions, and other minor updates throughout document.
March 2009 9.0.0 No change to content.
November 2008 8.1.0 Added the following sections:
  • “The MegaWizard Plug-In Manager” on page 2–11

    “Command-Line Support” on page 2–12

    “Module and Wizard Names” on page 2–13

    “Ports and Parameters” on page 2–14

    “Invalid Configurations” on page 2–15

    “Strategies to Determine Port and Parameter Values” on page 2–15

    “Optional Files” on page 2–15

    “Parameter File” on page 2–16

    “Working Directory” on page 2–17

    “Variation File Name” on page 2–17

  • “Create a Compressed Configuration File” on page 2–21
  • Updated “Option Precedence” on page 2–5 to clarify how to control precedence
  • Corrected Example 2–5 on page 2–8
  • Changed Example 2–1, Example 2–2, Example 2–4, and Example 2–7 to use the EP1C12F256C6 device
  • Minor editorial updates
  • Updated entire chapter using 8½” × 11” chapter template
May 2008 8.0.0
  • Updated “Referenced Documents” on page 2–20.
  • Updated references in document.
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