Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guide: Design Constraints

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Date 1/10/2019
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. Constraining Designs 2. Managing Device I/O Pins A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guides
1. Constraining Designs x
1.1. Specifying Design Constraints Designs in the GUI 1.2. Constraining Designs with Tcl Scripts 1.3. A Fully Iterative Scripted Flow 1.4. Constraining Designs Revision History
1.1. Specifying Design Constraints Designs in the GUI x
1.1.1. Global Constraints and Assignments 1.1.2. Node, Entity, and Instance-Level Constraints 1.1.3. Probing Between Components of the Intel® Quartus® Prime GUI 1.1.4. Specifying Timing Constraints in the GUI
1.1.2. Node, Entity, and Instance-Level Constraints x
1.1.2.1. Specify Instance-Specific Constraints in Assignment Editor 1.1.2.2. Specify I/O Constraints in Pin Planner 1.1.2.3. Adjust Constraints with the Chip Planner 1.1.2.4. Constraining Designs with the Design Partition Planner
1.2. Constraining Designs with Tcl Scripts x
1.2.1. Create a Project and Apply Constraints 1.2.2. Assigning a Pin 1.2.3. Generating Intel® Quartus® Prime Settings Files 1.2.4. Synopsys* Design Constraint (.sdc) Files 1.2.5. Tcl-only Script Flows
1.2.5. Tcl-only Script Flows x
1.2.5.1. Tcl-only Timing Analysis
2. Managing Device I/O Pins x
2.1. I/O Planning Overview 2.2. Assigning I/O Pins 2.3. Importing and Exporting I/O Pin Assignments 2.4. Validating Pin Assignments 2.5. Verifying I/O Timing 2.6. Viewing Routing and Timing Delays 2.7. Analyzing Simultaneous Switching Noise 2.8. Scripting API 2.9. Managing Device I/O Pins Revision History
2.1. I/O Planning Overview x
2.1.1. Basic I/O Planning Flow 2.1.2. Integrating PCB Design Tools 2.1.3. Intel Device Terms
2.2. Assigning I/O Pins x
2.2.1. Assigning to Exclusive Pin Groups 2.2.2. Assigning Slew Rate and Drive Strength 2.2.3. Assigning Differential Pins 2.2.4. Entering Pin Assignments with Tcl Commands 2.2.5. Entering Pin Assignments in HDL Code
2.2.3. Assigning Differential Pins x
2.2.3.1. Overriding I/O Placement Rules on Differential Pins
2.2.5. Entering Pin Assignments in HDL Code x
2.2.5.1. Using Synthesis Attributes altera_attribute Synthesis Attribute in Verilog HDL altera_attribute Synthesis Attribute in VHDL useioff and chip_pin Synthesis Attributes in VHDL chip_pin Synthesis Attribute in Verilog HDL 2.2.5.2. Using Low-Level I/O Primitives
2.3. Importing and Exporting I/O Pin Assignments x
2.3.1. Importing and Exporting for PCB Tools 2.3.2. Migrating Assignments to Another Target Device
2.4. Validating Pin Assignments x
2.4.1. I/O Assignment Validation Rules 2.4.2. Checking I/O Pin Assignments in Real-Time 2.4.3. I/O Assignment Analysis 2.4.4. Understanding I/O Analysis Reports
2.4.3. I/O Assignment Analysis x
2.4.3.1. Early I/O Assignment Analysis Without Design Files 2.4.3.2. I/O Assignment Analysis With Design Files 2.4.3.3. Overriding Default I/O Pin Analysis
2.5. Verifying I/O Timing x
2.5.1. Running Advanced I/O Timing 2.5.2. Adjusting I/O Timing and Power with Capacitive Loading
2.5.1. Running Advanced I/O Timing x
2.5.1.1. Board Trace Models 2.5.1.2. Defining the Board Trace Model 2.5.1.3. Modifying the Board Trace Model 2.5.1.4. Specifying Near-End vs Far-End I/O Timing Analysis 2.5.1.5. Advanced I/O Timing Analysis Reports
2.8. Scripting API x
2.8.1. Generate Mapped Netlist 2.8.2. Reserve Pins 2.8.3. Set Location 2.8.4. Exclusive I/O Group 2.8.5. Slew Rate and Current Strength
1. Constraining Designs
2. Managing Device I/O Pins
A. Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guides

2.2.5.1. Using Synthesis Attributes

The Intel® Quartus® Prime software translates synthesis attributes into standard assignments during compilation. These assignments appear in the Pin Planner. Intel® Quartus® Prime synthesis supports the chip_pin, useioff, and altera_attribute synthesis attributes.

If you modify or delete these assignments in the Pin Planner and then recompile your design, the Pin Planner changes override the synthesis attributes.

Use the altera_attribute synthesis attribute to create other pin‑related assignments in your HDL code. The altera_attribute attribute supports all types of instance assignments. The following examples use the altera_attribute attribute to embed Fast Input Register logic option assignments and I/O standard assignments in both a Verilog HDL and a VHDL design file.

altera_attribute Synthesis Attribute in Verilog HDL 

input my_pin1 /* synthesis altera_attribute = "-name FAST_INPUT_REGISTER ON; -name IO_STANDARD \"2.5 V\" " */ ;

altera_attribute Synthesis Attribute in VHDL 

entity my_entity is
		port(
				my_pin1: in std_logic
		);
end my_entity;
architecture rtl of my_entity is 
begin

attribute altera_attribute : string;
attribute altera_attribute of my_pin1: signal is "-name FAST_INPUT_REGISTER ON;
-- The architecture body 
end rtl;

Use the chip_pin and useioff synthesis attributes to create pin location assignments and to assign Fast Input Register, Fast Output Register, and Fast Output Enable Register logic options. The following examples use the chip_pin and useioff attributes to embed location and Fast Input Register logic option assignments in Verilog HDL and VHDL design files.

useioff and chip_pin Synthesis Attributes in VHDL 

entity my_entity is
		port(
					my_pin1: in std_logic
		);
end my_entity;

architecture rtl of my_entity is
attribute useioff : boolean;
attribute useioff of my_pin1 : signal is true;
attribute chip_pin : string;
attribute chip_pin of my_pin1 : signal is "C1";
begin -- The architecture body 
end rtl;

chip_pin Synthesis Attribute in Verilog HDL 

input my_pin1 /* synthesis chip_pin = "C1" useioff = 1 */;
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